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deKay

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:55 am
Post subject: AVG thinks mIRC is a trojan
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mIRC 6.03, AVG updated last night and now detects mIRC (and a backup copy) as
Backdoor.Generic3.EPD.

Anyone else have this problem? I'm pretty sure it *isn't* infected.

deKay
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Adam Piggott

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:58 am
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deKay wrote:
> mIRC 6.03, AVG updated last night and now detects mIRC (and a backup copy) as
> Backdoor.Generic3.EPD.
>
> Anyone else have this problem? I'm pretty sure it *isn't* infected.

I know this isn't helpful to your question, but you really should make sure
mIRC is updated - it's a popular program for people to exploit, and on IRC
it's easy to do so. 6.2 has been released recently, and from 6.03 it fixes
quite a few nasty vulnerabilities. http://www.mirc.com/

If it still detects mIRC 6.2 then it is likely to be a false positive - try
submitting it to http://www.virustotal.com/

Cheers,

Adam Piggott, Proprietor, Proactive Services (Computing).
http://www.proactiveservices.co.uk/

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deKay

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:55 am
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 03 Aug
2006 12:02:48 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
alt.comp.anti-virus, yawatina tan reek esk deKay
<andyk.DeleteThis@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono
tan el:

>I stuck with 6.03 as 6.05 (IIRC) and a later version I tried (6.1?) don't
>operate some of my written scripts for some reason. I'll try 6.2 and see.
>
>I'm happy with 6.03, bugs and all, and prefer not to change stuff if I can.

Hmm. I've upgraded, and the problem has gone away.

Only to be replaced with an invalid licence problem! Oh well Smile

deKay
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:02 pm
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Thu, 03 Aug
2006 09:58:16 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
alt.comp.anti-virus, yawatina tan reek esk Adam Piggott
<usenet.RemoveThis@proactiveservices.co.invalid> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>I know this isn't helpful to your question, but you really should make sure
>mIRC is updated - it's a popular program for people to exploit, and on IRC
>it's easy to do so. 6.2 has been released recently, and from 6.03 it fixes
>quite a few nasty vulnerabilities. http://www.mirc.com/

I stuck with 6.03 as 6.05 (IIRC) and a later version I tried (6.1?) don't
operate some of my written scripts for some reason. I'll try 6.2 and see.

I'm happy with 6.03, bugs and all, and prefer not to change stuff if I can.

>If it still detects mIRC 6.2 then it is likely to be a false positive - try
>submitting it to http://www.virustotal.com/

I was just wondering if anyone else has this combination of software. Thanks
though.

deKay
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