Re: a phantom computer virus

On 25 Mar 2006 22:20:12 -0800, n
<1143354012.104677.104680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
rjtrembgeologist@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Answer this for me. McAfee notified me that I had a virus and it could
not be cleaned, deleted, quarantined or otherwise removed. So, I went
to "search" to find its location and when I searched it said no file by
that name was on my computer. So, I ran McAfee virus scan and it
picked up no virus.

Explain that to me please. Someone. Anyone.

All that can happen if McAfee's web monitor picks up an incoming bad
guy. The file never really exists, because McAfee stopped the script
meant to load the file, OR it can't be deleted because McAfee itself
has it locked, and VirusScan doesn't find it because VirusScan's
on-demand scan perhaps isn't scanning the web cache. Generally McAfee
will stop the script from running so the file never gets downloaded.

But all that's pure conjecture that happens to fit the very general
description you've given. There are other possibilities. What you
were doing when "McAfee notified" you and the name of the "virus"
would be helpful. The name and location should be available in
McAfee's logs.

Carol



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