Anti-Viruses False positives - hall-of-shame
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:37 pm
Also take a look at Luigi's forum's "Anti-Viruses hall of shame"
*F-Secure 7.03 build 110 - detects uTorrent 1.6.1 as a ''Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.ujv''
it is not a virus. i think it is a conspiracy. person who downloads uTorrent gets an alert and thinks it is virus so he/she deletes it.
*ZoneAlarm Security Suite:
Detects as spyware:
-Cain & Abel 2.5b64 - ''Hacker Tool''
-WPE Pro - Win32.Sniffer.WpePro.a
-Nmap - Win32.Application.Tool.Nmap.M
-ArtMoney - Win32.ArtMoney
Detects as Virus:
-WPE Pro - Sniffer.Win32.WpePro.a
-NetCat - not-a-virus.RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat
-SAMInside - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.SAMInside.j
-PWinspector - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.PWinspector.b
-Cain (&abel) - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.Cain.284
-AirCrack - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.AirCrack.a
-NetTools - not-a-virus.NetTool.MSIL.Sniffer.a
-Ardamax - not-a-virus.Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.24
-Hormac - HackTool.Win32.Hormac
-BruteForce - HackTool.Win32.BruteForce.n
-Luigi's tools (aluigi.org) are also blacklisted - Exploit.Win32.Aluigi.gu (fw, dh, at...etc)
ok so what if it is hack tool or an exploit. in what way it actually damages your own computer or system ? yes if you are an total idiot and run exploit on yourself (using loopback ip) then you can maybe crash yourself or lagggg your adapter, but thats all. it is not a virus and i think they have NO right to blacklist TOOLS that are not dangerous to your own computer.
Anti-Virus should only prevent programs from harming your system.
as far as i know, ALL Luigi's tools are CLEAN and are NOT a virus or spyware. Fake players bug is NOT a virus in any way and it is not even harmful in any way. it is meant to flood a specific game(or application) with fake players, but it is NOT harmful, it can be annoying, but does not cause system errors or shutdowns..etc and it does not hack or crack anything.
I bet soon they even blacklist .ut extension (used by uTorrent for unfinished files). and also word ''torrent''.
IF you download something and you get a virus notification, then DO NOT delete it immidiatly. first look what does it say and if you're still not sure, then use GOOGLE and see if there is any topics about it and if it is really a virus or just a dumb ass blacklisting.
also look -this topic- from Luigi's forum.
*F-Secure 7.03 build 110 - detects uTorrent 1.6.1 as a ''Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Banload.ujv''
it is not a virus. i think it is a conspiracy. person who downloads uTorrent gets an alert and thinks it is virus so he/she deletes it.
*ZoneAlarm Security Suite:
Detects as spyware:
-Cain & Abel 2.5b64 - ''Hacker Tool''
-WPE Pro - Win32.Sniffer.WpePro.a
-Nmap - Win32.Application.Tool.Nmap.M
-ArtMoney - Win32.ArtMoney
Detects as Virus:
-WPE Pro - Sniffer.Win32.WpePro.a
-NetCat - not-a-virus.RemoteAdmin.Win32.NetCat
-SAMInside - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.SAMInside.j
-PWinspector - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.PWinspector.b
-Cain (&abel) - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.Cain.284
-AirCrack - not-a-virus.PSWTool.Win32.AirCrack.a
-NetTools - not-a-virus.NetTool.MSIL.Sniffer.a
-Ardamax - not-a-virus.Monitor.Win32.Ardamax.24
-Hormac - HackTool.Win32.Hormac
-BruteForce - HackTool.Win32.BruteForce.n
-Luigi's tools (aluigi.org) are also blacklisted - Exploit.Win32.Aluigi.gu (fw, dh, at...etc)
ok so what if it is hack tool or an exploit. in what way it actually damages your own computer or system ? yes if you are an total idiot and run exploit on yourself (using loopback ip) then you can maybe crash yourself or lagggg your adapter, but thats all. it is not a virus and i think they have NO right to blacklist TOOLS that are not dangerous to your own computer.
Anti-Virus should only prevent programs from harming your system.
as far as i know, ALL Luigi's tools are CLEAN and are NOT a virus or spyware. Fake players bug is NOT a virus in any way and it is not even harmful in any way. it is meant to flood a specific game(or application) with fake players, but it is NOT harmful, it can be annoying, but does not cause system errors or shutdowns..etc and it does not hack or crack anything.
I bet soon they even blacklist .ut extension (used by uTorrent for unfinished files). and also word ''torrent''.
IF you download something and you get a virus notification, then DO NOT delete it immidiatly. first look what does it say and if you're still not sure, then use GOOGLE and see if there is any topics about it and if it is really a virus or just a dumb ass blacklisting.
also look -this topic- from Luigi's forum.