WORM Generic.Z

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Should one be alarmed about 10 alerts from PC-cillin?

They seem to be related to a file downloaded from my mobo brand and it may
just be that the mobo people are trying to auto-upgrade drivers and stuff in
a way that alerts the anti-virus software?
 
Sounds like a Virus related to the MS06-40 Microsoft Windows Vulnerability
to me, Just FYI.
 
P.S. That (things like MS06-040) is exactly the reason why I stopped using
Windows Vista Beta 2 and Windows Vista Build 5472, and I will wait until The
Next Build is Released to MSDN, before I resume my Windows Vista Beta
Testing, Just FYI.
 
Think Kevpan is wrong on that one. Normally you'd install all that mobo
stuff before you'd install your AV software. I'd bet this is just a false
positive. Unless your motherboard manufacturer is in the business of
tainting their own drivers with malwars.
 
Should one be alarmed about 10 alerts from PC-cillin?

They seem to be related to a file downloaded from my mobo brand and it may
just be that the mobo people are trying to auto-upgrade drivers and stuff in
a way that alerts the anti-virus software?
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I saw that one when I connected to a networked drive (w2kpro) that I
had just been powered up for the first time in months.
The identified file was one that I placed there years ago and has been
through many scans with Norton and AVG over the years.

YMMV but it could be a false positive. Did you research the
"infestation"?
 
any programs that access the Bios and it's associated hardware will bring up
that Generic.z worm message. The way to verifie it is a false/positive is
after the updated are installed have PC- Cillen to do a full disk check. If
it was the Bios upgrade you should not see the message unless it is saying
your bios update file is the carrier.
Hope this helps

Glenn
 
Thanks for sharing insights.

It may be a false positive and it did seem to do as it should under XP Pro.

I contacted the mobo people in UK and asked if they would look into it.

Maybe it's a dated paradigm?

On the other hand, the other driver update stuff is not triggering any
responses (yet) and the alerted .exe is not expected to run according to
Windows Defender.
 
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