some threats

Discussion in 'ESET NOD32 Antivirus' started by aerialrave, Jul 12, 2009.

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  1. aerialrave

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    You have malware on the machine you need to get rid of?
     
  3. Marcos

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    It sounds like Avira detected some crack. But are cracks supposed to be detected by all antivirus programs?

    HackAV is most likely a crack for an AV, these are detected as unwanted applications. The obfuscated Autoit scripts are likely to be part of the AV crack.
     
  4. aerialrave

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    I scan my machine using MBAM and SAS Free full system scan btw, no threats like the crack. I'm wondering why NOD didn't detect that. So sad about that.

    But NOD32 detected the temp AVscan I got my nod32 here from eset.com and
    that avira is from their site. I also apply full scan using my nod32 v.3

    any opinions? :C
     
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    Good question...Although, you didn't provide an answer to it.

    Let me give you an example: there is a “crack” of a well known program called WinRar v.3.80 floating around on the Net. An analysis of this file at “Virus Total” site reveals it contains a Trojan Horse [as per Norton and McAfee]. However, other AV's [Including ESET NOD32] don't detect anything malicious on it.

    Here comes my question: How come NOD32 wouldn't detect this so called Trojan Horse within the .zip or .rar archive that other AV's catch?


    P.S.: A friend of mine who happens to be testing NOD32 v.4 with the purpose of deciding whether to purchase it or not came up with that question for me.

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    Carlos
     
  6. Marcos

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    I wasn't talking about cracks that are actually malicious. Antivir detected the file in question as "TR/Crack.U" which implies that it could be just a crack that doesn't do anything malicious. As usual, it's imporant to email such files to samples[at]eset.com so that we can check it and tell for sure if it's safe to run it.
     
  7. aerialrave

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    I run a full scan again and nod32 didn't detect that again. :c


    That's also my question :C


    I can't email it to eset coz my pc got poof. :c I was really wondering why nod32 didn't detect that one. as long as the v.4.0.437 :(
     
  8. Marcos

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    Unless you email the files to samples[at]eset.com, we cannot analyse them and check if they are just benign cracks or some malware. From the detection name I assume it's the former, but cannot confirm or deny it without getting the files. Therefore the question why it was not detected is irrelevant as the answer could be "because there's nothing malicious to detect".
     
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    Hi, aerialrave. As Marcos have said before, Many AV detects non-malicious cracks as a potentially unwanted software (e.g HackTool, Riskware, etc), you should learn about How do I configure my ESET security product to detect unwanted or unsafe applications? in our ESET Knowledge base.
     
  10. aerialrave

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    @Marcos and Nerimash

    I already do that sir's. =(

    K ill try to email it Marcos, when pc got fixed. because right now it's broken.
     
  11. aerialrave

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    @Marcos

    How can I send that one to eset?
     
  12. Marcos

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    Compress the files to a zip/rar archive, protect it with the password "infected" and email it to samples[at]eset.com with this thread's url in the subject.
     
  13. aerialrave

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    @marcos

    I can't upload it in yahoo, because they can only accept 10mb files
     
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