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False Positive: tapicfg.exe (W2K03)

 
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Old 07-01-2005, 05:04 PM   #1
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Default False Positive: tapicfg.exe (W2K03)


tapicfg.exe is a system utility provided with Windows
Server 2003, and is described here:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...tion/WindowsSer
v/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/Default.asp?
url=/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/prod
docs/en-us/Tapigcfg.asp

Apparently there is a tapicfg.exe spyware program as well,
but the program can't seem to tell the difference between
the good tapicfg.exe and the bad tapicfg. exe.

If the program only determines whether or not a file is
spyware based on file name, the program could actually
cause more harm then good. Why wouldn't "evil-doers" on
the net start making programs that had the same name as
useful system utilities that come with Windows? By doing
so, they could cause the Microsoft Anti-Spyware program to
suggest to users to remove good and useful system
utilities.
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