QuickBooks installs (and re-installs) CommonName?

[Joe Zapert]

Hi,

After each time I use my edition of QuickBooks 5.0, Antispyware says it
detects CommonName when it does its scan. I remove it, and it comes right
back when I use QuickBooks again. Is this a false detection? Or is
QuickBooks really insisting on installing CommonName?

Infected registry keys/values detected
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}\InprocServer32
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intuit\QuickBooks\QBObjProxy.dll

AntiSpyware used to classify this as a "Search Hijacker" but it's now
calling it a "Settings Modifier." I've never noticed any adverse behavior,
but then again, it's only on my system between the time I run QuickBooks and
the time Antispyware does its daily scan.

Thanks!
Joe

 

[Bill Sanderson]

http://research.pestpatrol.com/Search/FileInfoResults.asp?PVT=-316711196

I think this is an incorrect detection.

 

[Joe Zapert]

Thanks,

There's no way to report that to MS, is there?

 

[Randy Knobloch]

Thanks,

There's no way to report that to MS, is there?

Tools > Suspected Spyware Report
Complete form > click on > "Create Report"

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/CommonName.html
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/adware.commonname.html
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/researchcenter/CommonName.html
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/commonname/index.phtml
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/threats/189.html
http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_100875.htm



Silj

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[Bill Sanderson]

Reporting here is the correct place to report a false positive.

There's also a form at www.spynet.com but that's intended for vendors of
products incorrectly listed as spyware.