i did grab the latest DAT files. i also did the properties on the vnchook file and its 3.3.3.6
my mcafee version is v4.5.0.534 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dylan McNeill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:58:05 -0600 To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: virus? > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/virus.html > Could this be the problem? Check what version of McAfee you're running, > whether it has been updated (the engine as well as the dat). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Island Snow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- _______________________________________________ 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/promos/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------