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Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181 Jun 20 2004 02:36PM
fedhead (fedhead rogers com) (4 replies)

Re: [security] Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181 Jun 22 2004 04:45PM
Shawn McMahon (smcmahon eiv com)

Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181 Jun 22 2004 10:56AM
Noone Nowhere com

Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181 Jun 22 2004 07:01AM
Steve Ryan (sirsteve internetcds com)

Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181 Jun 22 2004 03:49AM
Russell J. Wood (rjw open-cpp net)

Hello,

I just scanned my dad's PC with Ad-aware 6 Personal and monitored that directory
whilst doing so. No files turned up at all, and the directory was removed after
the scan was complete.

Maybe these files are placed there before being moved to quarantine?

- Russell

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:36:16AM -0400, fedhead wrote:
>Seems benign enough. Every night when it runs, after the first scan of the
>registry, it creates four files in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware
>6\cache folder which Norton AV catches as trojan scripts:
>
>exploit.chm
>installer.htm
>shellscript.js
>shellscript_loader.js

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