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Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe

Subject: Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:57:38 -0500
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 12:53 +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote:

Filenames are all but totally useless for diagnosing malware, spyware 
_AND_ the normal operation of a system.


Amen.  Trying to disguise itself as something related to Windows Update
is a fairly common tactic for Trojans.

If you suspect the file may be some (new) undesirable thing, send 
copies to your preferred antivirus (and possibly other "security") 
product developers asking them for an analysis and to add detection and 
removal if it turns out that it really is "undesirable" by their 
standard.

Start with Kaspersky.  They have the best track record of detecting
Trojans of any of the scanners I work with.  Go to their website and
upload the file to their online virus scanner:

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus

Better yet, upload it at VirusTotal.com and it will scan it against
several updated engines.  

Regards,
Justin

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