i did add the DAT update. what i needed to do was update the scanning engine. i was on v4.5.0.x and i just installed version 4.5.1 and now it seems okay... thanks guys!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex K. Angelopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:10:55 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: virus? Try adding the DAT update Dylan mentioned, too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Island Snow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-28 18:51 Subject: RE: virus? > 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/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
