Re: McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

Grant McDorman wrote: >CAI has a virus protection product that's free for home >use. I'd suggest using it in combination with ZoneAlarm. Mind you, I don't >know how good CAI's product is relative to Symantec's (Norton). I am responsible for corporate virus protection for my e

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

On 9 Feb 2001, at 12:02, Gullotto, Vincent wrote: > Actually it is all the engines 4.0.70 and above, we'll update that shortly. > And remember it is only when you run heuristics that you'll see the false. > If users aren't running heuristics then they shouldn't see the false. If > this is not the

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

ncent -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Gullotto, Vincent Subject: RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE On 9 Feb 2001, at 10:36, Gullotto, Vincent wrote: > My apologies to the list, I tho

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

No it triggers on the 4.1.20 also, Scott -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Gullotto, Vincent Subject: RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE On 9 Feb 2001, at 10:36, Gullotto, Vincent wrote

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

On 9 Feb 2001, at 10:36, Gullotto, Vincent wrote: > My apologies to the list, I thought I did list the URL. > > http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/naicommon/avert/avert-research-center/tools.asp > > Here you go. Thanks! Great follow-through! In the README I noticed the following: This EXTRA.

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

> > website we will post an extra.dat within the hour that can be > Could you please PLEASE send to the list either the direct URL for > the extra.dat file OR at least the URL for the page from which we can > download this file? OK, it's now available from my website. This is the extra.da that

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

Angus, I will forward it to you directly. Scott -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe On 9 Feb 2001, at 15:04, Maikel van

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

] Cc: Gullotto, Vincent Subject: Re: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE On 8 Feb 2001, at 13:50, Gullotto, Vincent wrote: > We have corrected this issue, for the files that we have seen. On our > website we will post an extra.dat within the hour that can be used with the > currently DAT

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

On 9 Feb 2001, at 15:04, Maikel van Mierlo wrote: > Scott, > Is true i have now a new extra.dat and now it's working. Where did you get it, if you please? - Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApplications, Tucson, Arizona [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

On 8 Feb 2001, at 13:50, Gullotto, Vincent wrote: > We have corrected this issue, for the files that we have seen. On our > website we will post an extra.dat within the hour that can be used with the > currently DATs and the identification will not happen. Some users have > contact our email addr

Re: McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

According to Dries Feys: > Try http://www.esafe.com/ : they have a free viruswall for personal user The Aladdin eSafe Desktop is a firewall and virus scanner. As a firewall, when I tried it about a year ago, it did *not* close port 139 (Windows file sharing) on my internet connection. On that ba

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Maikel van Mierlo wrote: > I've tried the Extra.dat ( i received it from NAI after sending a sample > yesterday ) but it doesn't seem to work, the only way to solve this problem > is to disable the Heuristic scan. > Anyone having ( again ) the same problem, i'm losing faith i

RE: VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

Vincent, I am looking on your web page for the negative DAT file that you spoke of earlier. Where is it? Scott -Original Message- From: Gullotto, Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:51 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Vir

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

riginal Message- From: Scott Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 2:43 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe Maikel, Having the same problem, but McAfee has been an outstanding product over the past two

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe I've tried the Extra.dat ( i received it from NAI after sending a sample yesterday ) but it doesn't seem to work, the only way to solve this problem is to disable the Heuristic scan. Anyone having ( again ) the same

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

Thanks James Scott -Original Message- From: James ''Wez'' Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe --- McAfee are aware of a false alarm on the file &

VirusScan and WINVNC.EXE

Hello users of WINVNC, my name is Vincent Gullotto and I'm the Director of Research at McAfee. I understand there is an issue currently happening where VirusScan is incorrectly identifying WINVNC.EXE as a Trojan called Backdoor-G. We have corrected this issue, for the files that we have seen. O

RE: McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

Try http://www.esafe.com/ : they have a free viruswall for personal user Regards, Dries Feys -- Software Engineer TVH forklift parts -- Thermote & Vanhalst NV Driemasten 120-126 -- B-8560 Gullegem-Belgium E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- URL: http://www.tvh.be Tel: +32 (0)56 434745 -- Fax: +32 (0)

SV: McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

>Anyone having ( again ) the same problem, i'm losing faith in Mcafee right >now ,sending an update but it doesn't work , frustrating ! I'm using F-Secure with no problem. Just to add fuel to the fire... :-) -Noralf- - To unsubs

RE: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

but it doesn't work , frustrating ! Maikel van Mierlo -Original Message- From: James ''Wez'' Weatherall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe --- McAfe

[IMPORTANT]:McAfee VirusScan and WinVNC.exe

--- McAfee are aware of a false alarm on the file 'WinVNC.exe' with the 4120 DAT set. The file is falsely identified as having a 'New Backdoor Trojan' infection when scanned with Heuristics enabled. The McAfee Virus Lab have produced an Extra.DAT file which can act as a temporary fix to this iss