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Audiograbber is a Virus??
My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that
several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? -John O |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
"John O" skrev
My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? I don't know anything about audiograbber, and I don't know if this is related. But a couple of weeks ago, my antivirus decided that a Sonar 6.0x update that had been sitting on my desktop for months was infected. I'm pretty sure it wasn't... I use CA antivirus. Which one do you use ? Sigurd |
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"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... "John O" wrote in message news My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? -John O As per Sigurd's observations, McAfee took a 4 year old program off one of my laptops, one which reads Mac disks from XP machines. Misidentifications do occur. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 I suspect this is a misidentification as well, but thought it was worth a mention here. It also flagged a LAME.exe file, the compressed lame.dll I had downloaded some time ago. BTW, my AV is ProtectorPlus. A no-name AV, but the company I work for has been using it for nearly a decade and swears by it. -John O |
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"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... "John O" wrote in message ... "Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... "John O" wrote in message news My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? -John O As per Sigurd's observations, McAfee took a 4 year old program off one of my laptops, one which reads Mac disks from XP machines. Misidentifications do occur. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 I suspect this is a misidentification as well, but thought it was worth a mention here. It also flagged a LAME.exe file, the compressed lame.dll I had downloaded some time ago. BTW, my AV is ProtectorPlus. A no-name AV, but the company I work for has been using it for nearly a decade and swears by it. -John O There really aren't any antivirus programs good enough except to swear at. None of them offer better than a 95% detection per encounter, and since there are so many viruses, they are nothing to rely on. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 LOL, I agree. I won't tell you how long it's been since I've seen a real virus on one of my systems, in order that I don't lose my good luck. Speaking of such things...what's a legit and safe lyrics site? I'm always freaking out that the google searches I do for lyrics are going to land me in spyware hell. -John O |
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:32:50 -0500, "John O"
wrote: "Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... "John O" wrote in message ... "Soundhaspriority" wrote in message ... "John O" wrote in message news My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? -John O As per Sigurd's observations, McAfee took a 4 year old program off one of my laptops, one which reads Mac disks from XP machines. Misidentifications do occur. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 I suspect this is a misidentification as well, but thought it was worth a mention here. It also flagged a LAME.exe file, the compressed lame.dll I had downloaded some time ago. BTW, my AV is ProtectorPlus. A no-name AV, but the company I work for has been using it for nearly a decade and swears by it. -John O There really aren't any antivirus programs good enough except to swear at. None of them offer better than a 95% detection per encounter, and since there are so many viruses, they are nothing to rely on. Bob Morein (310) 237-6511 LOL, I agree. I won't tell you how long it's been since I've seen a real virus on one of my systems, in order that I don't lose my good luck. Speaking of such things...what's a legit and safe lyrics site? I'm always freaking out that the google searches I do for lyrics are going to land me in spyware hell. -John O At least you can spot an address you recognise. Never follow a tinyurl style link though - absolutely no clue what lies at the end of one of those. d -- Pearce Consulting http://www.pearce.uk.com |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
Soundhaspriority wrote: "John O" wrote My virus scanner has been quarantining audiograbber.exe lately. Seems that several AV programs are doing this recently. Does anyone know if there's really a bad version of audiograbber out there? As per Sigurd's observations, McAfee took a 4 year old program off one of my laptops, one which reads Mac disks from XP machines. Misidentifications do occur. Well........... if you WILL use MacAfee which is only marginally less worse than Symantec's ultimate PC clogger-up Norton ! Graham |
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John O schreef:
Speaking of such things...what's a legit and safe lyrics site? I'm always freaking out that the google searches I do for lyrics are going to land me in spyware hell. One way is to google for the lyrics, then not follow the link but rather click the Google cache version, then quickly click "text version" in the upper right hand corner before any malware is loaded. Jos. -- Ardis Park Music www.ardispark.nl |
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"Jos Geluk" wrote...
John O schreef: Speaking of such things...what's a legit and safe lyrics site? I'm always freaking out that the google searches I do for lyrics are going to land me in spyware hell. One way is to google for the lyrics, then not follow the link but rather click the Google cache version, then quickly click "text version" in the upper right hand corner before any malware is loaded. Brilliant! I've always marveled at how Google could cache what seems to be the entire internet. :-) |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:41:44 -0500, "Robert Morein"
wrote: Tragic. Care to share how it might have happened? BTW, I think I see a movie plot (comedy) about a guy with a 45 wandering Belorussia looking for the guy who nuked his computer Funny that you should mention it, but one of the possibilities (in my very, very ignorant assessment) is that I'd saved a .pdf from a RUSSIAN website about pistols. The combination of Adobe and Russia, the timing, well... I say shoot first, ask questions later. But that's just me. But I had recently also been forced into using the (laptop) computer for some day-job stuff, including connecting it both through the day-job Ethernet and through an unprotected wireless network. Included in the likely time window was allowing a manufacturer's website "trusted" permissions, that had never been needed before. Way too much stuff for a simple answer, and I'm too ignorant of the topic to even assess likely culprits, but I've saved various versions of things for analysis, and I intend to get smarter soonest. Much thanks, as always, Chris Hornbeck |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
"Chris Hornbeck" wrote ...
But I had recently also been forced into using the (laptop) computer for some day-job stuff, including connecting it both through the day-job Ethernet and through an unprotected wireless network. Included in the likely time window was allowing a manufacturer's website "trusted" permissions, that had never been needed before. Yikes. That is a hanging offense at the office. They allow only company-owned (and configured) computers to connect to the corporate network, and they have software that automatically disconnects any other network when connected to their net (whether wired, wireless, or VPN). |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:00:01 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
wrote: But I had recently also been forced into using the (laptop) computer for some day-job stuff, including connecting it both through the day-job Ethernet and through an unprotected wireless network. Included in the likely time window was allowing a manufacturer's website "trusted" permissions, that had never been needed before. Yikes. That is a hanging offense at the office. They allow only company-owned (and configured) computers to connect to the corporate network, and they have software that automatically disconnects any other network when connected to their net (whether wired, wireless, or VPN). Oh, I see my error (in reporting - my larger error is still floating). I didn't connect to both networks at the same time. Fortunately, I wouldn't even know how to do that. It's some smart dick that might know how to do that (and lacks a decent human morality) that's going to get perforated after finding out how his own testicles taste. But I digress. Much thanks, as always, Chris Hornbeck |
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Audiograbber is a Virus??
Funny that you should mention it, but one of the possibilities (in my very, very ignorant assessment) is that I'd saved a .pdf from a RUSSIAN website about pistols. The combination of Adobe and Russia, the timing, well... I say shoot first, ask questions later. But that's just me. There are several active PDF exploits, and I just read an article about some almost-uncurable and undetectable root kit stuff that uses PDF or flash as a vector. If you have the latest Acrobat viewer and flash plug-in versions you're safe from these, for now. Way too much stuff for a simple answer, and I'm too ignorant of the topic to even assess likely culprits, but I've saved various versions of things for analysis, and I intend to get smarter soonest. It's overwhelming to keep up with all of it, unless it's part of a job description. I subscribe to this: http://windowssecrets.com/ newsletter. Tossed them a few paypal dollars to get the better edition, and its worth every penny. Easy to understand, the authors are very good, and most of the articles are interesting. -John O |
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