That's the same version that I have, and I've done a couple of full scans in the last few days.
If it will allow you to right-click and check the properties, you will likely see that it is something like 3.3.3.6. It sounds to me as though the McAfee is being aggressive and determining that VNC must be a virus since its a remote control tool, or is possibly picking up on the hooking ability - I think that's a possible mechanism for viruses working... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Island Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-28 16:29 Subject: Re: virus? > how can i tell what version that file is? the size of the vnchooks.dll file is 32.0KB and was modified 3/14/2001 12:09PM > > mcafee reports the infected file as VNCHooks.dll and the Virus name as WinVNC.dll > > i've uninstalled, and reinstalled but mcafee still picks it up as a virus. thanks... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:50:49 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: virus? > > What version of the vnchooks.dll do you have - and what is its size? Also, > did McAfee give the virus a name? > > Virus scanners over the last few years have gotten very aggressive - they > tend to give false positives if there is any doubt. That said, many viruses > will try to glom onto any library file they can, so it is possible that one > attached itself. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Island Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-28 15:28 > Subject: virus? > > > > just yesterday, 4 of my computers with vnc installed on got detected with > a virus in the file VNCHooks.dll > > > > whats going on? i am running mcafee's virusscan. is it a problem with > their DAT file incorrectly identifying the virus, or is there really a > problem and somehow all 4 computers got infected? thanks > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com > > http://www.email.com/?sr=signup > > > > Win the Ultimate Hawaiian Experience from Travelocity. > > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4018363;6991039;n?http://svc.travelocity.com/p > romos/winhawaii/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com > http://www.email.com/?sr=signup > > Win the Ultimate Hawaiian Experience from Travelocity. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;4018363;6991039;n?http://svc.travelocity.com/p romos/winhawaii/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: > 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY > See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
