Does Internet Explorer 7 REALLY have a VBS:zulu virus embedded in it?

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Aluxe

Can anyone confirm this finding that the new Internet Explorer 7reputedly
has a VBS:zulu virus embedded in the Microsoft download?

Do this now to check:
- Go to http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/ie7_release/
- Click on the link titled "download"
This resolves to:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
- Immediately I get from Avast the message that the VBS:zulu virus was
downloaded (even though I didn't download anything yet).

The Avast 4.7 Home Edition log file says:
(dat file dated 10/19/2006 0642-3)

10/19/2006 8:55:19 PM SYSTEM 312 Sign of "VBS:Zulu" has been found in
"http://rad.microsoft.com/ADSAdClient31.dll?GetAd=&PG=CMSIE3&SC=F3&AP=1164"
file.

Is this a real virus?
Or is Avast just unfamiliar with the new Internet Explorer from Microsoft?
 
No, there is no virus in the download of IE 7. What you saw was probably a
temporary problem with the web page -
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

The link to the virus source -
http://rad.microsoft.com/ADSAdClient31.dll?GetAd=&PG=CMSIE3&SC=F3&AP=1164 -
is a link to the image at the bottom of the left frame of the main IE 7 site
mentioned above. It seems to rotate a plain image or a Flash animation as
you refresh that page.

This virus inserts itself into .html, .htm, and .vbs files, so there may
have been a temporary issue with the site. I've looked it over and it seems
clean now.
 
| Is this a real virus?
| Or is Avast just unfamiliar with the new Internet Explorer from Microsoft?

It is a False Positive that has been going on for a while
now but should heve been corrected.
I provided this to Alwil on 10/2 then updated it on 10/13.
Click to expand...

Thank you all very much. I tested it again today and I did not get the
antivirus message so I believe Avast has corrected the issue.

Thank you all for being so kind as to help!
 
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