I cant remeber where i downloaded this file from, but it was either from the
owners website or a large shareware site.
Okay, as long is wasn't a file sharing network.
When i installed this application at the outset, NAV did not
pick up a Hacktool either during installation or after installation.
i have been using this applciation for sometime without NAV picking up
any Hacktools. The problem occured much later when i tried to open the
executable and NAV picked up that this had been transformed into a
Hacktool. Whether it is possible for an executable to transform itself
into a Hacktool, i do not know.
More likely a new definition file is the cause of the new
identification.
I then tried deleting the files and re-installing the application from
the Installation file (setup.exe), but was unable to do it. NAV kept
interrupting the installation process because it kept detecting that
the installer was trying to install a Hacktool.
It's possible someone sabotaged the program before it was uploaded.
Disgruntled soon-to-be-ex-employees can do all kinds of nasty things.
Have you written to them and asked? Who knows, you might get an
answer that will clear up the whole mystery. In any case, assuming
Norton's ID was correct, that file wouldn't have done any harm to you,
and if the program had been mailbombing people, I would think you
would have heard.
The only real alarm I see with the mailer is that the default settings
have it claiming to be Outlook Express. While this is somewhat
understandable given the way they tell you to compose messages, it's
still a lie and shouldn't stand that way.
Carol
