PANDA active scan detected virus NOD32 Missed!

Discussion in 'NOD32 version 2 Forum' started by USERANON, Oct 27, 2005.

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  1. flyrfan111

    flyrfan111 Registered Member

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    Thanks for setting me straight Marcos, I always thought it was for IMON.
     
  2. Marcos

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    At any rate, nobody's perfect, even Panda not as you can see below. I scanned a new worm being spread (btw, it doesn't seem to be Mydoom as detected by one of the AV)
     

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  3. alglove

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    Getting back to the original question...
    My excuse guess is that NOD32 uses a different signature to detect the virus than Panda does. Let us suppose that 5 bytes inside the file were changed from the "original" version of the virus. This difference may be why NOD32 does not catch it, but Panda does.

    However... would the file on your computer actually do anything when executed? If changing those 5 bytes "broke" the virus, then the file is not exactly a live virus anymore, though it may resemble one. In this case, one could say that NOD32 is correct in not labeling this a virus. On the other hand, if the file actually would do something when executed, then Panda is correct, and NOD32 needs to update their definitions.

    This is why we want you to submit the file. If the file does turn out to be dangerous, then Eset can update/fix their definitions.
     
  4. USERANON

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  5. USERANON

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    Please see below regarding sending the file for analysis. Can't be done! the Panda AS deleted it immediately upon detection

    My excuse guess is that NOD32 uses a different signature to detect the virus than Panda does. Let us suppose that 5 bytes inside the file were changed from the "original" version of the virus. This difference may be why NOD32 does not catch it, but Panda does.

    However... would the file on your computer actually do anything when executed? If changing those 5 bytes "broke" the virus, then the file is not exactly a live virus anymore, though it may resemble one. In this case, one could say that NOD32 is correct in not labeling this a virus. On the other hand, if the file actually would do something when executed, then Panda is correct, and NOD32 needs to update their definitions.

    This is why we want you to submit the file. If the file does turn out to be dangerous, then Eset can update/fix their definitions.[/QUOTE]
     
  6. alglove

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    Ahhh, so I see. Oh, well.

    Panda's ActiveScan uses the same signature set (or at least a subset) as their full antivirus programs. ActiveScan does not monitor the computer continuously like their full antivirus packages do. That is one reason Panda gives away ActiveScan for free... to get you interested in their full products. Hmmm, it seems to be working... :ninja:

    Panda does have evaluation versions of their software you can download from their website. I believe they are 30 day trials. Look in the "Downloads" section.
     
  7. YeOldeStonecat

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    Still seems to be missing this point...that it's possibly a harmless broken/corrupted file.

     
  8. fredra

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    To track down or find this file (svch32.pif) I decided to get some information on it before I try to get the infected file.
    It would appear that if the machine has been patched, then the W32/Robot.asz Worm would not be able to exploit the vulnerabilities. However, that being said, I will try to "get" the file so I can send it off to eset.
    Cheers :)

    This blurb is taken from the SOPHOS web site.
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    This section is for technical experts who want to know more.
    W32/Rbot-ASZ is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
    W32/Rbot-ASZ may spread to remote network shares with weak passwords or by exploiting any of the following system vulnerabilities: RPC-DCOM (MS04-012), PNP (MS05-039), ASN.1 (MS04-007).
    W32/Rbot-ASZ runs continuously in the background, providing a backdoor server which allows a remote intruder to gain access and control over the computer via IRC channels.
    When first run W32/Rbot-ASZ copies itself to <System>\svch32.pif.
    The following registry entries are created to run svch32.pif on startup:
    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    Registry entries are set as follows:
    HKCU\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\OLE
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Ole
    SVCH Service
    svch32.pif
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     
  9. Marcos

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    If it's already detected by NOD32, there's no need to send it as we already have one.
     
  10. Blackspear

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    BINGO, we have a winner, by default everything marked in the following screenshot is not scanned.

    Have a run through this thread in regards to tweaking Nod32.

    Cheers :D
     

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    I don't know about the use of the term "winner" here.... :blink: Which of those non-default items would account for this particular virus going undetected, assuming that we are not dealing with a damaged or mutated version of the virus?
     
  12. GuruGuy

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    I asked the same thing in post #5
     
  13. BenoitG

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    Sorry to jump in but after looking to eset web site, this threat was added in the V. 1.10.30 on 2005-03-19

    I do not use NOD32 for long but so far I love it.
     
  14. Albinoni

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    And my question to ask you here is why did Panda miss alot of viruses that NOD didn't ? Lets say it did miss this virus does that make a NOD a bad product. Ok so you say stuff NOD because it misses one virus, whats will happen when you buy (assume you do) Panda and it misses one or more virus, than will you jump back to NOD, Kaspersky, McAfee, NAV whatever.

    Let me say something here and make it very clear with you. There is NO SUCH THING as a 100% full proof AV software, but let me rest assure there are AV softwware products out there that do a better job than others, and I can rest assure that NOD32 does a better job than Panda and also many others for sure.
     
  15. USERANON

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    Oh DO calm down dear, no need to get soooo emotional about things! ESET can't be paying you that much surely!?? It is a common virus and I should NOT be suffering from such a common virus, let's face it Nod b***sed up! NO more LAME EXCUSES PLEASE!

    I WILL stay with NOD only because I have tried all the other "BIG GUNS" and NOD has proved the best. But ESET I am having to FORMAT my hard drive THANK YOU, NOT!
     
  16. RejZoR

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    Format the drive just because of one SdBot ? Thats new to me...
     
  17. beetlejuice69

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    Well that`s new to me too. :)
     
  18. USERANON

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    I am afraid there is something more malevolent on my machine, in the first instance I thought "ok, nothing major, no real harm done" but now I am noticing explorer errors, needs to be restarted all the time, now I am having problems using my web editor. I am also getting a lot of unknown connection errors. I am assuming that there is something more afoot. So, hence the format. Bye
     
  19. Firecat

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    Panda's ActiveScan may not have deleted the registry entries that the SdBot may have created/modified, due to which you may be facing this problem.
     
  20. Joliet Jake

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    Tell her to do another Panda online scan.
     
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  22. Marcos

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    Why resort to formatting the hdd and not send a log from Hijackthis to Eset's support for analysis?
     
  23. vincent_vh

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    To USERANON:
    (1) Don't stress so much. It appears NOD32 does recognize your little bug. So be open to look at the fact there may be something wrong with your configuration.
    (2) You may think about buying another AV-solution... but are you sure it'll do better? Don't expect ANY sollution to be 100% bullet proof. I still think NOD32 is one of the best performing AV's detection-wise(and I don't even use it myself... I just evaluated it)
    (2bis) You may ask why I don't use it then... well because I don't run the company I work for. And alse there seems to be some/'a lot' of installation/stability problems. That's ok(=managable) for 1 personal computer but not if I have to manage hundreds of computers.

    To all:
    And what if it was a false positive from Panda :D ...
     
  24. pc-support

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    ~snip~ let's keep the personal comments out of this please ~ Blackspear

    Why not set up NOD as per Blackspears very-easy-to-follow instructions, do a scan and let us know what other rubbish you have on your pc? :rolleyes:
     
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  25. Marcos

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    NOD32 should detect all threats with default settings. If you want NOD32 to do a complete scan of all files (including archives), you need to enable the appropriate option in the on-demand scanner setup, or run an in-depth scan as AMON would not pick up threats packed in archives which are actually harmless at this point.
     
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