Possible virus detected by Stinger.

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Bill Jillians

Hello there, I've just downloaded Stinger from Mcafee to check for
viruses (or is that viri?) because a random virus check with Panda
indicated I had the Exploited virus on my system.

Anyway Stinger scan my system till it reaches a certain file and then
suddenly I get a blue screen of death. Clicking on OK does bring
windows back up but the results of Stinger are gone and Stinger won't
run again until I close down windows.

I know which file it is Stinger objects to. My system almost crashed
when I tried to copy that file. Trouble is, when I run Stinger on a
copy of the file it doesn't indicate a problem. Also Panda doesn't
indicate any problem with this file although the last download of sig
files from was on the 15th Jan (when my subscription to Panda expired).

What can I do t o check if this file is actually a virus? I have no
intention of running it (it is an exe file). The file itself is a
Soundblaster program which tells which Soundblaster you have on your
system. I don't imagine it gets run very often.

Any help that can be offered would be greatly appreciated.

Yours
Bill Jillians
 
Perform the Stinger scan in Safe Mode and shutdown as many running applications as possible.

The term is viruses. There is no such terminology as 'viri' or 'virii'.

There is no "Exploited virus". There are "exploits" which are attempts to take advantage of
know vulnerabilities in a system. One the vulnerability is penetrated (the needed patch or
HotFix had not been applied) then the exploit may install a Trojan or virus. Exploits in
themselves are not viruses.

--
Dave




| Hello there, I've just downloaded Stinger from Mcafee to check for
| viruses (or is that viri?) because a random virus check with Panda
| indicated I had the Exploited virus on my system.
|
| Anyway Stinger scan my system till it reaches a certain file and then
| suddenly I get a blue screen of death. Clicking on OK does bring
| windows back up but the results of Stinger are gone and Stinger won't
| run again until I close down windows.
|
| I know which file it is Stinger objects to. My system almost crashed
| when I tried to copy that file. Trouble is, when I run Stinger on a
| copy of the file it doesn't indicate a problem. Also Panda doesn't
| indicate any problem with this file although the last download of sig
| files from was on the 15th Jan (when my subscription to Panda expired).
|
| What can I do t o check if this file is actually a virus? I have no
| intention of running it (it is an exe file). The file itself is a
| Soundblaster program which tells which Soundblaster you have on your
| system. I don't imagine it gets run very often.
|
| Any help that can be offered would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Yours
| Bill Jillians
| --
| Bill Jillians
 
David H. Lipman - 05.02.2005 23:13 :

[snipped]

Hi David, in general is it really necessary always putting all the
quotings in nearly every posting under your SIG again?

(BTW: and some people with a not well configurated mailer put your
SIG-posting in the copy-place back again...)

Nice weekend.
 
Quietly we read <vybNd.5795$sR5.1398@trndny05>, unable to contain our
credulity we realized that David H. Lipman said:
Perform the Stinger scan in Safe Mode and shutdown as many running
applications as possible.

The term is viruses. There is no such terminology as 'viri' or 'virii'.

There is no "Exploited virus". There are "exploits" which are attempts
to take advantage of
know vulnerabilities in a system. One the vulnerability is penetrated
(the needed patch or
HotFix had not been applied) then the exploit may install a Trojan or
virus. Exploits in
themselves are not viruses.
Click to expand...
Many thanks for your reply. Stinger does indeed not detect any viruses
in safe mode. I tried running that program to see what it does. It
detected my Soundblaster then crashed the system. I don't think it is
written very well.
And thank you for explaining the situation with the exploits. The
program detected is now in quarantine where it will stay.

Cheers
BJ
 
Sometime around Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:13:47 +0000, David H. Lipman babbled
Perform the Stinger scan in Safe Mode and shutdown as many running applications as possible.

The term is viruses. There is no such terminology as 'viri' or 'virii'.

There is no "Exploited virus". There are "exploits" which are attempts to take advantage of
know vulnerabilities in a system. One the vulnerability is penetrated (the needed patch or
HotFix had not been applied) then the exploit may install a Trojan or virus. Exploits in
themselves are not viruses.
Click to expand...

Why do people bang on about Stinger? It detects a limited number of
current viruses, and its crashes are well documented, it is just another
resource available to users. If the OP knows which file is the problem
delete it FFS! If it wont go stop it/unregister it or try safe mode
(incidentaly SM is not the ultimate way of removing Malware, ask Symantec
about current Kernel issues in DK) IMHO booting and scanning from
something like Knoppix and delete/replace accordingly is the only truely
final solution for some issues.

While on the subject of Malware, which AV company do you work for? I can
think of at least two AV companies whose employees use the word virii.
 
Show me the documentation !
I have used Stinger since the first version, Oct '02, and this is the first post I have come
across indicating a "crash".

Who are you talking to ? I corrected the OP and indicated the correct term is viruses and I
don't work for a virus company.

--
Dave




| Sometime around Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:13:47 +0000, David H. Lipman babbled
| on about:
|
| > Perform the Stinger scan in Safe Mode and shutdown as many running applications as
possible.
| >
| > The term is viruses. There is no such terminology as 'viri' or 'virii'.
| >
| > There is no "Exploited virus". There are "exploits" which are attempts to take
advantage of
| > know vulnerabilities in a system. One the vulnerability is penetrated (the needed patch
or
| > HotFix had not been applied) then the exploit may install a Trojan or virus. Exploits
in
| > themselves are not viruses.
|
| Why do people bang on about Stinger? It detects a limited number of
| current viruses, and its crashes are well documented, it is just another
| resource available to users. If the OP knows which file is the problem
| delete it FFS! If it wont go stop it/unregister it or try safe mode
| (incidentaly SM is not the ultimate way of removing Malware, ask Symantec
| about current Kernel issues in DK) IMHO booting and scanning from
| something like Knoppix and delete/replace accordingly is the only truely
| final solution for some issues.
|
| While on the subject of Malware, which AV company do you work for? I can
| think of at least two AV companies whose employees use the word virii.
|
| --
| /d
|
| Life is an Adventure.
|
 
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