[Elecraft] Trojan horse warning

[Dick Dievendorff]

I just installed AVG Anti Virus free edition on a Windows Vista Laptop and
ran a full scan. 

I installed AVG Version 9.0.686, with virus DB Version 270.14.22/2446.  I
copied a few of the most recent K3 Utility setup files (including the setup
file for K3 Utility version 1.2.9.30) into the "Documents" folder, and I
installed K3 Utility version 1.2.9.30.  I then ran a full AVG scan.  It
reported warnings on seven tracking cookies (unrelated to K3 Utility), but
no reports of a Trojan Horse, and no warnings of anything related to the K3
Utility setup or executable files.

I uninstalled 1.2.9.30, and then copied the setup exe
K3_Utility_Setup_1_2_9_30.exe from the Elecraft Web server and scanned that.


No report of a Trojan Horse. No threats of any kind reported.

I installed version 1.2.9.30 from that setup file and scanned the installed
K3Util.exe.  

No report of a Trojan Horse.  No threats of any kind reported.

Dick, K6KR
 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dick Dievendorff
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:22 PM
To: 'Svend Spanget'; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Trojan horse warning

I've seen one other report of this.

I just did a full scan of my development system with Microsoft Security
Essentials.  That file is in my file system. No threats were found.

That of course doesn't guarantee that AVG is finding something that
Microsoft Security Essentials doesn't.

I didn't deliberately install any Trojan horses into the K3 Utility
executable.

I'm using firewalls, sound practices, and a frequent anti virus scan on my
development machine. 

I suspect this is a "false positive" from AVG. 

I'll install AVG on another machine to see what it says. I just this last
week moved all my machines to Microsoft Security Essentials...

Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Svend Spanget
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:37 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Trojan horse warning

I just downloaded the K3 utility 1.2.9.30 from
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm#k3util.
Now AVG displays a warning: Accessed file is infected. Trojan horse
PSW.Banker5.ZOY

Anybody else notice this?

73 de Svend, OZ7UV


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