Adaware critical object found

Adaware critical object found
Secure Home | Search | About
Login Password
Register Now! Lost Password?
 Microsoft Antivirus Discussions    Post an article   get this group's latest topics as an RSS feed add this group's latest topics to your My MSN content add this group's latest topics to your My Yahoo content add this group's latest topics to your Google content
Subject Author Date
Adaware critical object found RJK 05-17-2006
Posted by RJK on May 17, 2006, 8:07 am
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Name:Windows
Category:Vulnerability
Object Type:RegData
Size:15 Bytes
Location:regfile\shell\open\command "" (regedit.exe %1)
Last Activity:17-05-2006
Relevance:Low
TAC index:3
Comment:
Description:General Windows Security Issue. Your system security may be
compromised. The specifics of the possible compromised item are listed in
the comments
section.

I had a rummage with Google to see what I could find out about this item,
and lots of people on the web seem to think that it's, in as many words, as
"false positive," and that this key was placed by security software so that
it can "get in there first."
I use the mvps hosts file, ewido, AVG a/v, ZA firewall, Windows
msas/Defender, Adware, Spybot 1.4, Cwshredder, ...and several others as well
!

regards, Richard




Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on May 17, 2006, 10:07 am
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
"RJK" wrote:

> Name:Windows
> Category:Vulnerability
> Object Type:RegData
> Size:15 Bytes
> Location:regfile\shell\open\command "" (regedit.exe %1)
> Last Activity:17-05-2006
> Relevance:Low
> TAC index:3
> Comment:
> Description:General Windows Security Issue. Your system security may be
> compromised. The specifics of the possible compromised item are listed in
> the comments
> section.
>
> I had a rummage with Google to see what I could find out about this item,
> and lots of people on the web seem to think that it's, in as many words, as
> "false positive," and that this key was placed by security software so that
> it can "get in there first."
> I use the mvps hosts file, ewido, AVG a/v, ZA firewall, Windows
> msas/Defender, Adware, Spybot 1.4, Cwshredder, ...and several others as well
> !
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>
>


I think it won't hurt to remove it . Ad-Aware se really rarely displays
false-positives.
You can always restore it later by either Ad-Aware's options or System
Restore.

These two free scanners will help you have a second opinion of your malware
status

Panda Software free ActiveScan
http://www.activescan.com

Kaspersky Labs free online scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner


Panda_man
--
Bronze level Contributor
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg
Please , rate posts

Posted by RJK on May 17, 2006, 6:31 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Thanks Panda Man

I have the Kaspersky one in multi-av that I d'loaded and ran on a friends PC
recently - perhaps I should run it on mine !

regards, Richard


> "RJK" wrote:
>
>> Name:Windows
>> Category:Vulnerability
>> Object Type:RegData
>> Size:15 Bytes
>> Location:regfile\shell\open\command "" (regedit.exe %1)
>> Last Activity:17-05-2006
>> Relevance:Low
>> TAC index:3
>> Comment:
>> Description:General Windows Security Issue. Your system security may be
>> compromised. The specifics of the possible compromised item are listed in
>> the comments
>> section.
>>
>> I had a rummage with Google to see what I could find out about this item,
>> and lots of people on the web seem to think that it's, in as many words,
>> as
>> "false positive," and that this key was placed by security software so
>> that
>> it can "get in there first."
>> I use the mvps hosts file, ewido, AVG a/v, ZA firewall, Windows
>> msas/Defender, Adware, Spybot 1.4, Cwshredder, ...and several others as
>> well
>> !
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I think it won't hurt to remove it . Ad-Aware se really rarely displays
> false-positives.
> You can always restore it later by either Ad-Aware's options or System
> Restore.
>
> These two free scanners will help you have a second opinion of your
> malware
> status
>
> Panda Software free ActiveScan
> http://www.activescan.com
>
> Kaspersky Labs free online scanner
> http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
>
>
> Panda_man
> --
> Bronze level Contributor
> http://pandaman.my.contact.bg
> Please , rate posts



Posted by David H. Lipman on May 17, 2006, 6:48 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options

| Thanks Panda Man
|
| I have the Kaspersky one in multi-av that I d'loaded and ran on a friends PC
| recently - perhaps I should run it on mine !
|


Ad-aware is just reporting a slight variation in the association of the REG file
extension.
It is a minor alteration and isn't a threat.

Since viruses such as the Swen Internet worm change certain files associations,
the Multi AV
Scanning Tool will set these known registry changes back to their default values
automatically.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Posted by RJK on May 17, 2006, 7:10 pm
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Thanks again, ...I think I'll run multi-av on mine for extra peace of mind.

Do you know, when I ponder on the time that's been spent tweaking internet
security settings, and the manual security procedures that one adopts,
across time and changing software, ...during regular use of the internet -
it now and again crosses my mind that most "ordinary" peoples PC's must be
riddled with invasive data-tracking software / cookies etc. ...and worse !
I simply will not have it in my PC ! ...especially ever since one of the
major ad-servers admitted they were "...seeking to identify individual users
so that they could more accurately target them with advertising that they
would wish to receive..." LOL who are they kidding besides themsleves ?

The thing that bugs me most, and is the single most inconvenient aspect of
using IE6, is web sites, (that I unfortunately must use), whose domain name
keeps changing, as one progresses into the site. e.g. how many domain names
does ebay need for heavens sake ?

...I digress ... ... ... ...and even more annoyingly someone just
outbid me on a Toshiba 20WLT56 that I was bidding on for my retired Uncle !
:-(

regards, Richard


>
> | Thanks Panda Man
> |
> | I have the Kaspersky one in multi-av that I d'loaded and ran on a
> friends PC
> | recently - perhaps I should run it on mine !
> |
>
>
> Ad-aware is just reporting a slight variation in the association of the
> REG file extension.
> It is a minor alteration and isn't a threat.
>
> Since viruses such as the Swen Internet worm change certain files
> associations, the Multi AV
> Scanning Tool will set these known registry changes back to their default
> values
> automatically.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>



Similar ThreadsPosted
RE: Adaware critical object found May 17, 2006, 11:19 pm
AdAware and AVG January 20, 2007, 1:49 pm
MRU Object Detected February 10, 2008, 10:25 am
video activex object January 12, 2008, 2:05 pm
Avast AV critical vulnerability (FrSIRT) July 21, 2005, 2:26 pm
W2K netstat detects port 1433 is listenning but fport does NOT..., can't start mission critical sql server !!! October 14, 2005, 2:20 pm
SOPHOS found... September 27, 2006, 6:01 pm
I think I've found a virus.... September 7, 2007, 3:35 pm
virus found April 6, 2008, 5:34 pm
vius found on computer February 15, 2007, 10:55 am

The site map in XML format XML site map

Contact Us | Privacy Policy