Re: Win32/Crypted - Help please

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I would like to ask you to send us the files for the analysis. Kindly send
them to us in a password-protected archive and include the password into the
body of the e-mail.
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I'd include a copy of the virustotal results.


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"John Dean" <john-dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Art wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:37:32 -0000, "John Dean"
>> <john-dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Been using Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) as a download manager for
>>> years with no virus problems. Today tried to download a file and got
>>> a warning from AVG Free Resident Shield "Virus detected" indicating
>>> "While opening file "C:\Program Files etc \DAP\DAP.exe Virus found
>>> Win32/Crypted"
>>> Pressed the information button and got a pop-up window to search the
>>> Virus Encyclopaedia but no Win32/Crypted there. Went to the AVG site
>>> to search directly but still no Win32/Crypted.
>>> Any ideas what's happening? If I move the file to the Vault, will
>>> that disable DAP? Any info on Win32/Crypted?
>>
>> There is a virus named Bugbear that infects the dap.exe d/l manager:
>>
>> http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/bugbear_b.shtml
>>
>> AVG is either false alarming or perhaps it detects a virus such as
>> Bugbear. To check it out, upload your dap.exe file to Virus Total:
>>
>> http://www.virustotal.com/xhtml/index_en.html
>>
>> to see what other av products have to say about the file. Let
>> us know if it turns out to be a fp by AVG ... and if so, they
>> should be informed.
>>
>
> Thanks for that. On Virustotal it comes up "No virus found" via a dozen or
> so engines. Very useful service. What's the mechanism for telling AVG?
> --
> John Dean
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