f-prot finding virus/trojan with VS X2 pro
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f-prot finding virus/trojan with VS X2 pro
Does anybody else here use f-prot? If so, did it find anything? Several times on my system it's found what it says are infected files in the VS folder...
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Brian,
I suspect that these are false hits. Corel uses active-x to download content (Get More/Do More for VS Pro X3), for its programs to your pc. Your anti-virus program probably thinks that this is malicious activity, so will alert you to it. This sort of action of accessing your PC, downloading files to it, without first asking, or making you aware that it is doing so, is intrusive. Antivirus programs specifically look for this behavior, and stop it. However in the modern day world, it seems everything is migrating to this.
Have you noticed that most all programs now have the EULA screen, where you must either click I accept, I agree, or place a tick in an acceptance box box before it will proceed? Do you really read the entire EULA before accepting? I stopped doing that some time ago. I get my programs from the products maker's website. If you read the EULA it would probably scare you into not accepting. I know when Corel first started using Protexis Licensing, no one, myself included thought this was legal. The wording in the EULA, had you believe that they were going to constantly monitor how you used the program, and on a whim could shut your PC down. So far noting remotely close to that has happened to my knowledge.
A common practice for such antivirus alerts, is to notify the software companies (Corel and F-Prot in your case) of the alert, provide the file(s) name(s) that is being hit on. This is so those two can communicate to correct it. Any software producer can not afford to have their products listed as viral. If it is not, they'll try to get the antivirus producer to correct their false hits.
I suspect that these are false hits. Corel uses active-x to download content (Get More/Do More for VS Pro X3), for its programs to your pc. Your anti-virus program probably thinks that this is malicious activity, so will alert you to it. This sort of action of accessing your PC, downloading files to it, without first asking, or making you aware that it is doing so, is intrusive. Antivirus programs specifically look for this behavior, and stop it. However in the modern day world, it seems everything is migrating to this.
Have you noticed that most all programs now have the EULA screen, where you must either click I accept, I agree, or place a tick in an acceptance box box before it will proceed? Do you really read the entire EULA before accepting? I stopped doing that some time ago. I get my programs from the products maker's website. If you read the EULA it would probably scare you into not accepting. I know when Corel first started using Protexis Licensing, no one, myself included thought this was legal. The wording in the EULA, had you believe that they were going to constantly monitor how you used the program, and on a whim could shut your PC down. So far noting remotely close to that has happened to my knowledge.
A common practice for such antivirus alerts, is to notify the software companies (Corel and F-Prot in your case) of the alert, provide the file(s) name(s) that is being hit on. This is so those two can communicate to correct it. Any software producer can not afford to have their products listed as viral. If it is not, they'll try to get the antivirus producer to correct their false hits.
Ron Petersen, Web Board Administrator