tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post1235503099880895540..comments2023-09-17T04:13:36.781-07:00Comments on hpHosts Blog: Goodbye ClamWin, it was nice while it lastedMysteryFCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02934157746337952448noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post-49707863427164311842011-06-05T13:06:25.894-07:002011-06-05T13:06:25.894-07:00Hold wait my MS Esseintals said I
had a backdoor. ...Hold wait my MS Esseintals said I<br />had a backdoor. I looked to see where it came from:<br />C:\Users\Joel\AppData\Local\Temp\clamav-859d3b6517f4e508bc544cdb76ec67b0.00001664.clamtmp<br /><br />This is its stats:<br />Backdoor:Win32/Ursap!rts 6/5/2011 9:53 AM Quarantined<br /><br />DAMN IT CLAIMWIN!<br />You almost screwed my HP Pavilion P 6000 a.k.a. PIMPED Seriesjoel.herzoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328562603474667769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post-32936910203892586222009-10-15T17:00:55.642-07:002009-10-15T17:00:55.642-07:00You should also check out http://www.giveawayofthe...You should also check out http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/<br /><br /><br />This site's sole purpose is to have a cheap platform for spyware bundlers to get their goodies on your system.<br /><br />Latest greatest example is Anvir Task Manager.<br /><br />http://www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5=c7573658eb7ba865e43a1b389d752139Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587551705580039588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post-4689590035173057572009-10-14T23:36:32.638-07:002009-10-14T23:36:32.638-07:00Well, ClamWin was never a really good option. For ...Well, ClamWin was never a really good option. For one, their on-access scanner was somewhat limited (using user-mode hooking instead of kernel-mode if I remember right). The other part is that the signatures of ClamWin are skewed in the direction of detecting mass-mailing malware (because of its origin - as a server-side solution), which means that the coverage of "desktop" malware is Cd-MaNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030326541176171725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post-55083155608641847172009-10-14T22:52:01.281-07:002009-10-14T22:52:01.281-07:00I did an investigation. It can be read here:
http:...I did an investigation. It can be read here:<br />http://www.helpmyos.com/bad-companies-investigations-f77/clamwin-is-now-distributing-ask-toolbar-t1327.htm#3175<br /><br />I really do not like this. I did not see this coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374185608366521157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2590733549034628316.post-60890312102003038542009-10-14T19:49:24.185-07:002009-10-14T19:49:24.185-07:00A product claiming to be open source security clos...A product claiming to be open source security closed that claim with the addition of a commercially supported toolbar<br /><br />Here's my problem, they force the toolbar upon installation by pre-checking the option, requiring the user to Opt-out. It should be the other way around and leave the option un-checked and require the user to Opt-in.<br /><br />ClamWin, like so many others toolbar Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com