Spyware Infested Filesharing Programs

  • Thread starter Thread starter Frank Bohan
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157 filesharing programs to avoid
http://kppfree.altervista.org/spylist.htm
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I'm in the process of downloading the programs. Not all are still
available (at the sites given) but most are. I'm finding that
Kaspersky antivirus is alerting on practically all of the downloaded
files (using the extra defs).

People should learn to scan downloaded programs on demand using
Kaspersky. Here's a free way to do it:

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The following procedure will give you a on-demand scan
with a clean/delete capability using the Kaspersky scan
engine and the extra defs:

Download mwav.exe from here:

http://www.spywareinfo.dk/download/mwav.exe

Allow it to extract the files to c:\Kaspersky

Next, download wget.exe from here:

http://users.ugent.be/~bpuype/wget/#download

And copy it to c:\Kaspersky

Use Notepad to create the following batch file:

@echo off
cls
echo -----------------------------------------------
echo Updating using updates1 ftp site
echo -----------------------------------------------
wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/*.avc
wget -N ftp://updates1.kaspersky-labs.com/updates_x/avp.*
echo -----------------------------------------------
echo Updating completed!
echo -----------------------------------------------

Save the batch file as update.bat
copy it to c:\Kaspersky

Now run c:\Kaspersky\update.bat

Then run c:\Kaspersky\mwavscan
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Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
I'm in the process of downloading the programs. Not all are still
available (at the sites given) but most are. I'm finding that
Kaspersky antivirus is alerting on practically all of the downloaded
files (using the extra defs).

People should learn to scan downloaded programs on demand using
Kaspersky. Here's a free way to do it:
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Thanks Art. This works perfectly.

regards

Dud
 
People should learn to scan downloaded programs on demand using
Kaspersky. Here's a free way to do it:

********************************************************* ...

Save the batch file as update.bat
copy it to c:\Kaspersky

Now run c:\Kaspersky\update.bat

Then run c:\Kaspersky\mwavscan
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Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
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Should one turn off one's own AV program during these scans?
Particularly the memory-resident portion?

Sorry if those are dumb questions.

C'ya,

Ben
 
Should one turn off one's own AV program during these scans?
Particularly the memory-resident portion?
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Yes, disable the realtime monitor. And in cases where mwavscan is
being used on infested machines, it's sometimes best to scan in Safe
mode so malware isn't memory resident.
Sorry if those are dumb questions.
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Who was it that said that the only dumb questions are those that
aren't asked? :)

Art

http://home.epix.net/~artnpeg
 
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