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From: Buffalo on 30 Dec 2009 18:33 Buffalo wrote: > Robin Bignall wrote: > [snip]> >> > http://support.emsisoft.com/topic/1105-infection-message-at-xp-logon/page__gopid__5462& >> >> That gets to my latest post on the group, but it won't help much as >> I'm not going to go through the folderol they're suggesting: I've >> simply uninstalled A-Squared. > > Well maybe A-Squared will stop their 'defensive' attitude and try to > improve their product. > I thought they responded to you like you were a beginning computer > user. Have a Happy New Year, > Buffalo PS: And a female blonde to boot!! Buffalo :)
From: Buffalo on 30 Dec 2009 19:21 The Real Truth MVP wrote: > I've read your posts there and the replies. No matter how many times > you tell them they will not see past an infection. You are right to > just uninstall it but I would send an email to Christian Mairoll the > company CEO since this is not a malware issue but a software > programming issue. Don't waste your time again starting from scratch. [snip] That actually makes a lot of sense. Wow, congratulations, Real Truth MVP. Buffalo
From: Kevin Zoll on 30 Dec 2009 22:38 In article <hhgo1f$obm$1(a)leythos.motzarella.org>, trt(a)void.com says... > > I've read your posts there and the replies. No matter how many times you > tell them they will not see past an infection. You are right to just > uninstall it but I would send an email to Christian Mairoll the company CEO > since this is not a malware issue but a software programming issue. Don't > waste your time again starting from scratch. A security application is set to delete index.dat on system boot. A- squared Anti-Malware is seeing this and alerting to the suspicious activity.
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 31 Dec 2009 07:04 "Kevin Zoll" <spd(a)malwareteks.com> wrote in message news:MPG.25a5e6cd41422236989680(a)msnews.microsoft.com... > In article <hhgo1f$obm$1(a)leythos.motzarella.org>, trt(a)void.com says... >> >> I've read your posts there and the replies. No matter how many times >> you >> tell them they will not see past an infection. You are right to just >> uninstall it but I would send an email to Christian Mairoll the >> company CEO >> since this is not a malware issue but a software programming issue. >> Don't >> waste your time again starting from scratch. > > A security application is set to delete index.dat on system boot. A- > squared Anti-Malware is seeing this and alerting to the suspicious > activity. Then why would the message say: "...could not be removed. file is no longer existent" if A-squared wasn't trying to remove the file itself? Why try to remove a non-existent file? Why not check for the existence of a file before trying to remove it and generating such an error message. Why would the programmatical deletion of a browsing history file be considered suspicious activity? I'm tempted to agree with the software thief on this one.
From: Kevin Zoll on 31 Dec 2009 23:09
In article <elNSxFhiKHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, erratic @nomail.afraid.org says... > > "Kevin Zoll" <spd(a)malwareteks.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.25a5e6cd41422236989680(a)msnews.microsoft.com... > > In article <hhgo1f$obm$1(a)leythos.motzarella.org>, trt(a)void.com says... > >> > >> I've read your posts there and the replies. No matter how many times > >> you > >> tell them they will not see past an infection. You are right to just > >> uninstall it but I would send an email to Christian Mairoll the > >> company CEO > >> since this is not a malware issue but a software programming issue. > >> Don't > >> waste your time again starting from scratch. > > > > A security application is set to delete index.dat on system boot. A- > > squared Anti-Malware is seeing this and alerting to the suspicious > > activity. > > Then why would the message say: > > "...could not be removed. file is no longer existent" > > if A-squared wasn't trying to remove the file itself? > > Why try to remove a non-existent file? Why not check for the existence > of a file before trying to remove it and generating such an error > message. > > Why would the programmatical deletion of a browsing history file be > considered suspicious activity? > > I'm tempted to agree with the software thief on this one. The problem is that another security application deletes the non- malicious history file at system start. Which in turn triggers A- squared. A-Squared wrongly sees this as malicious activity. I know what index.dat is and I know who Butts is, and his unethical practices. The alteration, deletion, creation and replacement of files at system start is very common with malware. Security applications should monitor this kind of system activity. Why A-squared is even trying to delete index.dat is beyond me, and is something I will be discussing with the developers. However, the point here is that one security application is doing one thing while the other security application is doing another. Conflicting with each other. A-squared Anti-Malware has both an AV engine and an AS engine. People shouldn't be running 2 resident AVs. Kaspersky and A2AM are known to interfere with each other. Something I would like to know is if beta udpates was enabled. There a serval changes forth coming in A2AM and if the user has beta updates enabled or disabled would be nice to know. I normally don't post in news groups. Since David pointed this out too me the other night, I took the time to read this thread and the one at the EMSI Support forums. I will be bringing this to Christian's and/or Fabian's attention, as soon as I can catch either or both on IM. |