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Computer Security - Anybody know what these viruses do? |
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07-17-2005, 05:58 PM
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Anybody know what these viruses do?
Clam Antivirus scan of MS-WindowsXP system found two nasties:
Trojan.Scapur12 Virtool.Collector Anybody know what these two viruses are and what they do? I can not find any information on them using google or typing them in at McAffee site virus search. Proteus |
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07-18-2005, 01:45 AM
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Re: Anybody know what these viruses do?
Proteus wrote:
> Clam Antivirus scan of MS-WindowsXP system found two nasties: > Trojan.Scapur12 > Virtool.Collector > Anybody know what these two viruses are and what they do? I can not find any > information on them using google or typing them in at McAffee site virus > search. For Virtool.Collector: http://viruspool.vanderkooij.org/virus.cms?&id=228768 Trojan.Scapur12 wasn't found anywhere... |
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07-18-2005, 02:18 AM
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Re: Anybody know what these viruses do?
Kevin Reiter wrote:
> For Virtool.Collector: > http://viruspool.vanderkooij.org/virus.cms?&id=228768 .... How can i figure out what virtool.collector does (how it might have harmed the system, what info it gathers, etc)? |
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07-18-2005, 04:30 PM
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Re: Anybody know what these viruses do?
Proteus wrote:
> Kevin Reiter wrote: > >>For Virtool.Collector: >>http://viruspool.vanderkooij.org/virus.cms?&id=228768 > > ... > > How can i figure out what virtool.collector does (how it might have harmed > the system, what info it gathers, etc)? Try to run it in a sandbox... SJ |
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07-19-2005, 10:46 PM
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Re: Anybody know what these viruses do?
You can look at startups sites that collect info on all sorts of progams
that would show up as running after boot in Windows. do a google on windows startups. Castlecops.com has a nice collection. "Proteus" <> wrote in message news:3sDCe.4001$... > Kevin Reiter wrote: > > For Virtool.Collector: > > http://viruspool.vanderkooij.org/virus.cms?&id=228768 > ... > > How can i figure out what virtool.collector does (how it might have harmed > the system, what info it gathers, etc)? |
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