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Post by jojo on Mar 19, 2014 10:22:50 GMT
A scan with SAS has claimed to have found Trojan.Agent/Gen-Barys.Process
It says the file is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Panda Security\Panda Cloud Antivirus\Download\0x04015000\nanoconfig_0300000000_20131219_123523.DAT
which is in Panda anti-virus.
So, accepted it can clean this, after a restart, it's still there.
Web search and a search on SAS site and Panda site, reveals nothing.
Is this a false positive? Can I tell SAS to ignore>
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Post by jojo on Mar 19, 2014 10:44:47 GMT
Panda scan didn't come up with anything.
Don't cha just love it when the heavies fight each other?
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Post by mikkh on Mar 19, 2014 12:25:32 GMT
I personally wouldn't use SAS, I don't like resident anti malware programs, especially when their main function seems be to spread doubt/panic and sow the seeds of considering buying the pro version - it's disguised blackmail IMO.
As it's in the Panda application folder, you would assume it's nothing more than part of a virus definition file. But obviously a cleverly written virus would try to hide there too. I would delete the offending file, which judging by the date stamp is well out of date anyway. If it stops Panda working for some strange reason (it should just update the file) then simply re-install it.
When I use Windows, the only resident program is the virus checker and I run MBAM (which is non resident) once a week or so to double check nothing has got through. If I suspect something has slipped by both, I'll run combofix as a one shot cure
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Post by jojo on Mar 19, 2014 12:41:18 GMT
Thanks mikkh. I knew you would know.
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Post by jojo on Mar 19, 2014 14:08:00 GMT
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Post by mikkh on Mar 19, 2014 19:13:54 GMT
Yeah quite a few security programs refuse to uninstall completely or correctly, that is why norton removal tool and similar ones from mcafee and avg exist. You'd have thought they'd have written these tools into the program by now because it's been going on for years.
It's like they want to admonish you for having the audacity to remove their programs, then they come across as the saviour by supplying the tools - write the programs properly you morons and accept your resource hogging fluff is mostly unwanted and no better than free stuff anyway
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