Nod32 & wextract.exe

Discussion in 'NOD32 version 2 Forum' started by TJP, Dec 29, 2006.

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  1. TJP

    TJP Registered Member

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    Hi all,

    I've just run a full system scan scan (signatures are 1944 & scanning setup per Blackspear's tutorial) & Nod32 alerted me to the following viri:

    C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\wextract.exe - Win32/TrojanDropper.Agent.NDN trojan - Error quarantining the object - - unable to clean - deleted
    C:\WINDOWS\system32\wextract.exe - Win32/TrojanDropper.Agent.NDN trojan - Error quarantining the object - - unable to clean - deleted

    Upon their deletion, XP asked me to insert my service pack 2 disk to reinstall the files...I have a feeling they may well be legit MS files.

    Further, these were not detected this afternoon when I ran the same full system scan (signature files being 1943) so I'm at a loss as to why these have been detected as viruses.

    Can anyone shed some light on this? Are they FP or legit virus files.

    Cheers.
     
  2. Blackspear

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    It looks like a false positive.

    Cheers :D
     
  3. TJP

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    Thank you for the quick response.

    BTW, you are the man who I bought my copy of Nod32 from :D (and sold it to a few others from my work!).

    Cheers.
     
  4. Blackspear

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    You are welcome.

    Cheers :D
     
  5. Blackspear

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    Update 1945 has addressed this False Positive.

    Cheers :D
     
  6. silver-spoon

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    Guys, how to get back wextract.exe?
    thanks
     
  7. Bubba

    Bubba Updates Team

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    With XP you should find an exact back-up file of wextract.exe located in your WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386 folder that you can copy into your WINDOWS\system32 folder.

    Bubba
     
  8. ASpace

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    Has NOD32 made a copy in the Quarantine ? If so , restore from the Quarantine (Control Center -> NOD32 System Tools -> Quarantine)
     
  9. Ocky

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    I also had this false positive, had a hunch that it was FP and closed the alert window pending further investigation. I should have selected ignore or quarantine. Now Amon shows 10 files infected - but of course there are none (confirmed also after 1945 sig. update and full scan)

    How to get Amon status window to correctly reflect 0 files infected ?
    Will check on reboot tomorrow.
     
  10. ASpace

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    The latest update is 1946

    What does the full scan flag as infected ?
     
  11. Ocky

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    Full scan with sig. 1946 is clean - nothing infected. But Amon still shows 10 due to the actions I took with the fp viz. closing the alert window. See image of Amon status after I did above scan. Thanks.
     

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  12. Bubba

    Bubba Updates Team

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    Since that was the last action....that's the info that will remain until other action takes place. If you'd like to not see that info....un-check Amon and then immediately re-check Amon. It should then flush out that previous info and it should show newer info.

    Bubba
     
  13. ASpace

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    ... or restart the computer (will have the same effect)
     
  14. Bubba

    Bubba Updates Team

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    Very true....and time to have a cup of coffee while it's re-booting :eek:
     
  15. ASpace

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    A friend of mine used to prepare himself something to eat :blink: while his old computer was restarting , this is true story ;)
     
  16. Ocky

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    Thanks Bubba and HiTech_boy.
    No time for coffee, the damn computer reboots too fast after installing NOD32, about 20 seconds from a warm start.
    Un -checking and then re-enabling did not do the trick, but the reboot sure did. :D :cool:
     
  17. Bubba

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    Now you're just bragging....but I do now have my boots on in case it gets deeper in here :eek: :D
     
  18. STx

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    mm I have the same issue here, I deleted the wextract.exe from quarantine and I just found this forum hehe. I looked in that folder and theres only a few files there and it doesnt have wextract.exe, its probably because the OS was just recently installed on a new pc using winxp sp2 slipstreamed cd. I actually found that similar file in the slipstreamed iso but its called- "WEXTRACT.EX_File". How should I convert it to the .exe ?

    thanks

    edit: can anyone send me wextract.exe (SP2 version-latest?) please?
     
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  19. lodore

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    20 second boot time what are your pc specs?
    lodore
     
  20. DevilFrank

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    Try this
     
  21. Ocky

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    Certainly not as good as you would think. What makes a huge difference is the 10000 rpm WD Raptor HDD from which the OS boots. Also I have disabled unecessary sevices and have kept my start-up entries down to only what is really needed. Anyway I was trying to pull Bubba's leg re. having time to make coffee. The 20 sec. figure is actually the time after POST.
    Motherboard:
    CPU Type DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2400 MHz (12 x 200) 4600+
    Motherboard Name Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe (3 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN,
    System Memory 2048 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
    Disk Drive ST3120827AS (120 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA)
    Disk Drive WDC WD740GD-00FLC0 (74 GB, 10000 RPM, SATA)

    Regards and have a good 2007 ! :)

    EDIT: Apologies; this is off-topic but a question has been asked and there is the "coffee" link. :)
     
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  22. STx

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    I just tried that but it just restores WEXTRACT.EX_ or something not the wextract.exe instead. hmm could I just copy this file from my other pc which also uses winxp sp2, and just paste it in here?
     
  23. ASpace

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    Don't . Use Windows XP's System Restore and get back to some days ago

    Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->System Restore

    Choose to restore to a data before NOD32 flagged this as trojan and follow the instructions . You'll restart and the files should be there :)

    Open NOD32's Control Center -> Update and press Update Now ;)
     
  24. STx

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    mm thanks, but i disabled system restore before, so I cant use that. There wouldn't be any harm from copying the file from my other pc right? Also I haven't had any errors or problems yet.
     
  25. ASpace

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    I cannot guarantee for absolutely sure but try :thumb:
     
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