http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Tag: spyware en Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:12:54 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-35844 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:41:35 +0000 my_name_is_brad 35844@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>nah i never got the activation for that I believe. I may be thinking of the initial download for that, so I could be mistaken. I was thinking there was another one that was that way. Could just be the old memory crapping out again. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-35724 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:36:26 +0000 mikerb 35724@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ah, that would be the infamous <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/flex-gif-animator/">Flex GIF Animator</a> that only about 2 people managed to get. were you one of them brad? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-35527 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:44:14 +0000 my_name_is_brad 35527@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>i have seen a couple of offers lately that have required a validation from the developer site, and that is not such a bad thing really as it helps the developers keep up with stats on how well this site works for them.</p> <p>there was one that troubled me though, and I can't recall the name off hand. It required a second download from their site. To me this poses a huge security risk, and I hope you guys avoid this in the future because you have no way to validate what they decide to change it to.</p> <p>Even if I could remember the developer/software I wouldn't name them since their offer did pass the spyware/virus scanners on my computer even at the late time that I typically download. it's just a thought </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-34951 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:09:16 +0000 You Wont See Me 34951@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>PC Tools' "Threatfire reports that SAGA.exe is logging keystrokes". I'm not sure if this is something normal for games that the game is supposed to do but having a keylogger built into the game surely made me uninstall it. I posted this in the comments but it was Modded out so I figure I'll throw it up here. </p> <p>False Positive? Threatfire uses behavioral based detection so I was just wondering if this is something that is common for games to function and should be allowed to continue or not. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-34020 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:33:24 +0000 chuck11 34020@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Following-up on the BurnAware issue, AVG also quarantined most of the files as being infected with Klone P. I contacted the software supplier and got a few cryptic notes back that they no longer support the Home Edition and that I should upgrade to their v.2. However, contrary to what is shown in my / GAOTD registration summary - 'eligible for upgrades for 1 year' - I was informed that only paying customers are eligible for this free upgrade. Not liking this 'bait &#38; switch' approach - when a promised is made...it should be kept. If someone from GAOTD could check into this, I sure everyone who d/l'd this software would appreciate it. Also, if you want, I can forward their e-mail responses.</p> <p>chuck11 </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-30099 Wed, 21 May 2008 00:04:30 +0000 Paulga 30099@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>iBizCard-Stud.......i just clicked to your link <a href="http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html</a></p> <p>and it sure started alarms going on my computer, dangerous....and so forth, where as the second link had no problem and gave a 100% free of virus ++, did you download from the first link??</p> <p>Paulga </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-30049 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:03:14 +0000 TK_M 30049@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I updated my AVG Free to version 8.0 from the 7.5 last week and as soon as I did, BurnAware has been thowing up virus reports. This explains why it is suddenly giving reports, it seems to be due to the update.</p> <p>If you go to History/Virus Vault in AVG, you can highlight the quarrentined items and send them to Grisoft to be re-analysed if you feel they are false positives. I have just done that, only to find BurnAware have notified them as well.</p> <p>While in the virus vault, you can restorew the quarrentined files and BurnAware should then work normally.</p> <p>You can also click on "ignore" these files during a scan leave them in place until Grisoft gets them sorted out.</p> <p>I tried Avira as it has better detection rates than AVG, but had to go back to AVG as I got far too many false positives from Avira. Not only that, but it was hard to submit reports of false positives to Avira and even when I persevered, they said one false positive was real. Now it looks like AVG have increased their detection rate, but at the cost of more false positives. I will stick with them (at least temporarily) as at least they have made it easy to report suspected false positives. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-29999 Tue, 20 May 2008 09:14:09 +0000 hotdoge3 29999@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BurnAware Home Edition is suddenly getting virus alerts from Antivirus. The developers are aware of the problem and have reported it to AVG. They say it is a false positie.<br /> It be fix with a update I had this with Nero 7 wen it fist come out update fix it be a false positie as it new,so keep it be fix be for long. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-29911 Mon, 19 May 2008 12:29:42 +0000 Dragonlair 29911@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>BurnAware Home Edition is suddenly getting virus alerts from AVG. The developers are aware of the problem and have reported it to AVG. They say it is a false positie. Their site shows it is both the home and free edition affected. The odd part is I have a friend who started getting the messages Saturday night. I didn't start getting it until this morning's boot. It showed up during the boot, not by trying to use the product.</p> <p>We have the same version of BurnAware (we both got it here) and we have the same version and level of AVG Free (8.0) having downloaded/installed it the same day. We also have almost the same OS (She has Vista Home Premium SP1 and I have Vista Ultimate SP1). Why did she start getting the messages about 36 hours before I did?</p> <p>As the product was not essential to me (I have Roxio Creation 9 from my original PC purchase), I have uninstalled it to be safe. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-29369 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:13:54 +0000 zubterfuge 29369@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The Myspace Editor had a "trojen.adclick" and I was using NAV. The virus isn't found until after the product is installed. How disappointing. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-27781 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:48:50 +0000 OiMack 27781@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Same problem here. After installing iBizCard Bitdefender found two infected files in the E_4 directory. Both infected with Trojan.Peed.Gen.<br /> The files are<br /> - EXMLParser.fne<br /> - shell.fne </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-27759 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:19:52 +0000 iBizCard_Studio 27759@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thebeo:Thank you for your report. we will contact Avira and deal with this problem as soon as possible.Please set assured,our produc is 100% Clean</p> <p>download3k.com Antivirus Report: <a href="http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html</a><br /> softpedia.com Antivirus Report: <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/iBizCard-Clean-98324.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/iBizCard-Clean-98324.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-27754 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:03:39 +0000 Thebeo 27754@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>to iBizCard_Studio, for your information.<br /> The program Bizcard.exe creates a Temp directory "E_4". In this directory it creates al kind of files. One of them is identified as the Trojan. Maybe this narrows the search to the problem. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-27750 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:50:42 +0000 iBizCard_Studio 27750@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>our product "ibizcard" have not any virus, it's 100% Clean<br /> download3k.com Antivirus Report: <a href="http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.download3k.com/Antivirus-Report-iBizCard.html</a><br /> softpedia.com Antivirus Report: <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/iBizCard-Clean-98324.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/iBizCard-Clean-98324.html</a><br /> to Thebeo:I will contact Avira to Correct this wrong virus report. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-27745 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:26:49 +0000 Thebeo 27745@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>After installing iBizCard, Avira Antivir detects trojan "TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen".<br /> Please look in to this. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-23513 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:02:33 +0000 turkishvan007 23513@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I use Norton online protection and antivirus tool, I have AnVir Task Manager and Mamutu. My Norton is updated daily and is current. I'm running Windows XP SP2.</p> <p>My system found the trojan Hacktool.Rootkit in Robotask idlehook.dll yesterday/today and in my easttec backup files under the Robotask product backup. I downloaded Robotask and haven't used it since I downloaded it on September 28, 2007 and east tec backup was used October 12, 2007. Norton Antivirus did not find this trojan until this mornings scan so the trojan ended up in this file somehow but I don't know how.</p> <p>I'm not saying this virus was downloaded in Robotask or EastTec Backup's original download from GAOTD because I routinely do full system Virus Scans (once a week) and quick scans whenever I restart my computer and they haven't been found until now. What I'm saying is to please do a full system scan on your computer to make sure you catch this trojan if your computer has somehow received it. The trojan has been removed from my computer as of this morning. </p> <p>Symatec provided this information on the Trojan.</p> <p>Hacktool.RootkitRisk Level 1: Very LowPrinter Friendly Page<br /> SUMMARY TECHNICAL DETAILS REMOVAL Discovered: September 27, 2001<br /> Updated: February 13, 2007 11:38:00 AM<br /> Type: Trojan Horse<br /> Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP</p> <p>Hacktool.Rootkit comprises a set of programs and scripts that work together to allow attackers to break into a system. If Hacktool.Rootkit is detected on a system, it is very likely that an attacker has gained complete control of that system. All files that are detected as Hacktool.Rootkit should be deleted. Infected systems may need to be restored from backups or patched to restore security.</p> <p>Rootkits first appeared on the UNIX operating system. Administrator/Superuser accounts on UNIX systems are called root. Rootkits are kits of programs that are designed to gain root access on a system. The term rootkit now refers to any set of tools that can be used to gain unauthorized access to a system.<br /> ProtectionInitial Rapid Release version September 27, 2001<br /> Latest Rapid Release version March 24, 2008 revision 004<br /> Initial Daily Certified version September 27, 2001 revision 007<br /> Latest Daily Certified version March 24, 2008 revision 005<br /> Initial Weekly Certified release date September 27, 2001<br /> Click here for a more detailed description of Rapid Release and Daily Certified virus definitions.</p> <p>Threat AssessmentWildWild Level: Medium<br /> Number of Infections: More than 1000<br /> Number of Sites: More than 10<br /> Geographical Distribution: Low<br /> Threat Containment: Easy<br /> Removal: Moderate<br /> DamageDamage Level: Medium<br /> DistributionDistribution Level: Low </p> <p>Writeup By: Jimmy Shah</p> <p>Hope this helps someone else out. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19595 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:21:46 +0000 BuBBy 19595@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>My first reaction (and years of experience) as soon as I see a virus report and AVG mentioned - I immediately think "false positive".</p> <p>can I ask you to disable your antivirus (and on-access checking) which will allow you to upload the file for checking. If the file is infected you only need worry if you actually execute/run the program - just selecting the file and loading it to a website should not matter.</p> <p>Please upload to</p> <p><a href="http://virusscan.jotti.org/" rel="nofollow">http://virusscan.jotti.org/</a></p> <p>as the above can often be busy, an alternative</p> <p><a href="http://www.virustotal.com/metodos.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.virustotal.com/metodos.html</a></p> <p>you can either upload or email the file (check the instructions for email)</p> <p>If you could make a note of the results. Often you can tell from some of the "better AV products" and the general consensus across the products overall as to whether the file is a false positive or not.</p> <p>You should check with AVG for the procedure to provide them with the file so they can correctly classify the file.</p> <p>After all this - Don't forget to turn your AntiVirus scanning back on again. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19578 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:03:00 +0000 copmom 19578@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm running AVG and it just picked up a trojan horse from Vidmorph.exe .. says" backdoor, hupigon3.arcw .. just thought I'd pass this on for what it's worth! I do believe I got this from GOTD awhile back. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19420 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:29:14 +0000 jhaber77 19420@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for your reply.<br /> Maybe GAOTD could access the software vendor and ask him?<br /> If this software loads itself to the system against the user preference, then I would rather uninstall it.<br /> Regards </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19412 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:31:59 +0000 Lee 19412@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have also noticed this softwares odd behaviour.</p> <p>I have my programs folder in a sequence of last modified &gt; show in groups.</p> <p>I installed it when it was offered here, firstly then when the updated version v2.58 came along.</p> <p>It seems to stay as one of the last modified folders.</p> <p>I am currently trying to link it to see if when I say install a graphics application, sometimes they ask to be a default application for certain files.</p> <p>I am yet to conclude if this is affecting media re-sizer pro. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19341 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:13:22 +0000 jhaber77 19341@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I am concerned about Media Resizer PRO (GAOTD of January 2nd, 2008):</p> <p>In folder:<br /> C:\Program Files\Media Resizer PRO</p> <p>The file:<br /> shell file list.lst<br /> seems to be updated even if I do not use the software.<br /> the file "date-modified" is updated often by itself.</p> <p>Does it mean that the Media Resizer PRO software (or part of it) is loaded during boot without me activating it?</p> <p>I do not want software to load my system unless I intentionally load it.<br /> Any advice?</p> <p>My OS is Win XP. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-19245 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:31:13 +0000 Aislor 19245@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I am quite upset that I got this trojan when downloading form your site. My virus scan told me that it loaded with Inca Ball. It seems to be very persistant. I am not a techy so this is not good for me. Now what do I do and do I continue to trust this web site? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1021#post-17453 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:31:14 +0000 slgraycols 17453@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Any moderators care to answer my question?</p> <p>Thanks for the link from the comments to here but I have already read this thread previously and it did not answer my question (sorry if it's obvious to you but I am no tech expert and the security issues on Windows often confound me somewhat.) </p> <p>This is my question: If I erase the registry key that is appearing as a key logger, will it disable the Smart ‘to do’ software? That is what I would like to know. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-15885 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:06:45 +0000 graylox 15885@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Trojan horse in Wondershare Photo Story Platinum?</p> <p>please look here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2476?replies=10" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2476?replies=10</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1021#post-15559 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:53:13 +0000 slgraycols 15559@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for the link from the comments to here but I have already read this thread previously and it did not answer my question (sorry if it's obvious to you but I am no tech expert and the security issues on Windows often confound me somewhat.) This is my question: If I erase the registry key that is appearing as a key logger, will it disable the Smart ‘to do’ software? That is what I would like to know. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/4#post-15237 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:01:02 +0000 mrkesik2008 15237@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>You're right RunesageMagi, sometimes they do have a re-run on the giveaway, It's great if you missed a giveaway and really want it, but if you really want it you should go buy it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/3#post-15217 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:34:34 +0000 RunesageMagik 15217@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Whitemist</strong> - On very rare occasions, GAOTD will offer a game or software appl again; but if past is prologue, not likely anytime soon... unless we guinea pigs discover a programming flaw and the vendor offers a do-over, in which case a few have fixed their errors and come right back with a secondary offering. Since GAOTD's a free site, and the guys behind the curtain have made arrangements with vendors for a strictly controlled time limit, if a funky server or severed telcom backbone or an act of nature or a primal force to be named at a later date decides to eat a few hours off the clock, it's tough noogies. </p> <p>BTW- not that this helps your frustration, but if you enjoy the free javascript billiards games on the net, it's likely you would have enjoyed the mini-golf game as much or more. Same principle, only with quite a bit more variety. Surprisingly realistic. I'm particularly fond of games like this, that don't have to be played to conclusion right away, but will start up where they left off whenever I've a few minutes to kill. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/3#post-15208 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:46:39 +0000 mrkesik2008 15208@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Ok I could help you. First you go to <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/">here</a> to download the software giveaway and <a href="http://game.giveawayoftheday.com">here</a> to download the game.<br /> Click the download link and save the file somewhere to your computer, then open the zip file, Extract and run Activate.exe (if there is one) or Setup.exe. Remember, always run Activate.exe first. The readme.txt also has similar instructions like this. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/3#post-15198 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:46:09 +0000 whitemist 15198@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Do you think they will re-offer the mini golf game? I don't know how the give a ways work or how they can even do it. As I said, new to the site. Could you explain it to me? Thanks </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/719/page/3#post-15161 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:39:20 +0000 mrkesik2008 15161@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>If you want to see what server errors were happening, go to my <a href="http://mrkesik.webng.com/">website</a> and click on the thumbnail in the news section, and if you are going to talk about why there is two screens in one picture, I have two monitors. </p>