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Posted by Andrea on March 19, 2006, 10:21 am
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>> I've had stress.exe on my desktop for at least 6 months and as far as I
>> can tell, it hasn't caused any harm. I ran it through a virus check with
>> updated anti-virus files (Norton) before installing it, and it has never
>> been tagged by Norton or by numerous malware detectors. But today it
>> showed up as a threat in my weekly Norton AV scan--as joke software and
>> therefore a possible threat. It is joke software--but is it a threat?
>> TIA.
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>> Andrea
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> No. It is NOT a threat. You have somehow told NAV to flag "Joke"
> programs and it has done so. McAfee also has this ability. I know tht
> in McAfee you can enable or diable Joke Program Detection. I am sure
> that it is possible within NAV to disable Joke Program Detection as well.
Yes, I did have that checked off. I have no idea when that got checked, but
I've now changed it. Thank you.
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