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- From: Amir_Netiv@f120.n9721.z9.virnet.bad.se (Amir Netiv)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: False positive in the new PKZIP (PC)
- Message-ID: <0009.9301281842.AA17847@barnabas.cert.org>
- Date: 17 Jan 93 13:12:00 GMT
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- Vesselin Bontchev writes:
-
- > What is interesting is that somebody used an out-of-
- > date version of Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus to scan the new archiver.
- > It seems that this version causes a false positive - the program is
- > flagged as infected by Maltese Amoeba.
-
- and
-
- > all executables in the package are self- compressed with PKLite
- > 1.20. This caused the heuristic scanner of F-Prot to report that those
- > files are suspicious, because they contain a program that modifies
-
- It is obviouse that anyone that uses any old version of any Anti-Virus
- product is subject to false alarms, and even more obviouse that if you
- use a "Generic" scanner that looks for special kinds of codes whithin
- a file (that could imply that a virus is lurking there), you will jump
- from your seat many times for nothing !
-
- So, if you are using such products, great, but don't spread panic for
- nothing. Ican easilly supply you with a handfull of "viruses" that do
- not exist, to write about.
-
- > I obtained a copy of the new version of PKZIP,
- > examined it manually with a debugger, and scanned it with about a dozen
- > scanners. The result is that NONE OF THE EXECUTABLE FILES IS INFECTED.
-
- > So, please done's pay attention to the rumors, if they reach you.
-
- We thank you for your effort.
-
- * Amir Netiv. V-CARE Anti-Virus, Head team.*
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