Bloodhound.Exploit.6

[Extremely Unhappy]

I just downloaded your SpyBlaster freeware, and when I selected update, I was immediately infected with the Bloodhound.Exploit.6 virus! My virus protection attempted to stop it, and delete it, but couldn't. I was not doing anything but updating your software when this took place.

I found the virus at: C:\WINNT\Temp\~428A016C.tmp, but I couldn't delete it. I went to the MS site and d/l the patch, but by the time I did that, my Outlook was already corrupted, and I started receiving errors from IE. I had to reinstall IE and run the patch immediately after. I also deleted the Temp folder (which I hope wasn't a bad thing). Then I logged off and back on, and the file was gone.

This is a heads up to the software owners as well as the consumers. It took me 3 hours to clean this horrendous thing off my computer (due to all the errors received, the slowness of the system once it was infected, the IE locking up, etc. etc.). I did not expect a "recommended" software that prevents spyware to contain a virus, and it rather p'd me off.

[bigc73542]

you might check out the info at the link (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=353647#post353647)

[divedog]

NORTON??

[bigc73542]

It is detected by norton, the link is their info and cleaning page.

[divedog]

Sorry I should have been more clear I was asking if he was running Norton.

[bigc73542]

yes he was ;)

[divedog]

Take a look at this.
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/bloodhound.html

[bigc73542]

That is why the recomended action is to get the microsoft patch to prevent this

[divedog]

-{ Quote: "That is why the recomended action is to get the microsoft patch to prevent this" }-

I agree. It just seems a bit dubious. I have used Spyware Blaster for quite some time and have never had a problem with updates. It would seem that Norton thought the update was a virus. I would try one of the on line scanners for a second opinion and to make sure all is well.

[bigc73542]

Norton was detecting an adware trojan. but with the patch you don't get that particular trojan at all. Bloodhound is just the name that norton gives it

[javacool]

-{ Quote: "I did not expect a "recommended" software that prevents spyware to contain a virus, and it rather p'd me off." }-

Hi,

SpywareBlaster doesn't contain a virus.

What you may have seen is your anti-virus program's "auto-protect" option picking up on a pre-existing file because access of your temporary directory was initiated for some reason or another. (I've also seen this happen seemingly randomly.)

It could have also been a false positive.

I hope this helps clear things up a bit. :)

Best regards,

-Javacool

[Detox]

Sometimes a little investigation goes a long way 8)

[bigc73542]

I figured that everyone knew that spywareblaster would not have a virus, I was trying to show that it was a symantec problem. They admit that without the MS patch their av will detect this. Not just in spywareblaster but just about anything

bigc