trojans?
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I have been compiling applications for years in VB6 (i know, in process of converting to .net) but anyway.. I update the exe, zip it and email to to someone... been doing this for many many years. I compiled a couple in the last few days and tried to send them through outlook. (I zip them first). Outlook seems fit to strip the file from my message claiming it has a virus. my computer is . er uh, ahem.... managed by the company, which means regular scanning, constant virus updates every windows update ever created, all 1000+ of them and so-on, so I would really be surprised if I did indeed have a virus. Their solution was to run "superAntiSpyware" scan, which seems to pick out a few other of my applications (I have hundreds) as being infected by Trojan.agent/GenBancos. Many of the ones it seems to think are infected are over 10 years old, so I am thinking false positive on them. It does not pick up any on the applications I have tried sending the last couple days. Has anyone ever heard of or is it possible to compile a virus into an application unknowingly? (i.e. a virus lurking and attached itself to the file when I compile?) If so, given that my computer is scanned daily with virus definitions updated almost as regularly, how likely is this to be the issue? or am I getting jerked around by outlook and the glorious support staff?
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I have been compiling applications for years in VB6 (i know, in process of converting to .net) but anyway.. I update the exe, zip it and email to to someone... been doing this for many many years. I compiled a couple in the last few days and tried to send them through outlook. (I zip them first). Outlook seems fit to strip the file from my message claiming it has a virus. my computer is . er uh, ahem.... managed by the company, which means regular scanning, constant virus updates every windows update ever created, all 1000+ of them and so-on, so I would really be surprised if I did indeed have a virus. Their solution was to run "superAntiSpyware" scan, which seems to pick out a few other of my applications (I have hundreds) as being infected by Trojan.agent/GenBancos. Many of the ones it seems to think are infected are over 10 years old, so I am thinking false positive on them. It does not pick up any on the applications I have tried sending the last couple days. Has anyone ever heard of or is it possible to compile a virus into an application unknowingly? (i.e. a virus lurking and attached itself to the file when I compile?) If so, given that my computer is scanned daily with virus definitions updated almost as regularly, how likely is this to be the issue? or am I getting jerked around by outlook and the glorious support staff?
Sounds like false positives to me.
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I have been compiling applications for years in VB6 (i know, in process of converting to .net) but anyway.. I update the exe, zip it and email to to someone... been doing this for many many years. I compiled a couple in the last few days and tried to send them through outlook. (I zip them first). Outlook seems fit to strip the file from my message claiming it has a virus. my computer is . er uh, ahem.... managed by the company, which means regular scanning, constant virus updates every windows update ever created, all 1000+ of them and so-on, so I would really be surprised if I did indeed have a virus. Their solution was to run "superAntiSpyware" scan, which seems to pick out a few other of my applications (I have hundreds) as being infected by Trojan.agent/GenBancos. Many of the ones it seems to think are infected are over 10 years old, so I am thinking false positive on them. It does not pick up any on the applications I have tried sending the last couple days. Has anyone ever heard of or is it possible to compile a virus into an application unknowingly? (i.e. a virus lurking and attached itself to the file when I compile?) If so, given that my computer is scanned daily with virus definitions updated almost as regularly, how likely is this to be the issue? or am I getting jerked around by outlook and the glorious support staff?
Either you have written a virus or your company email policy / spyware program seems to have been changed suddenly. :)
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I have been compiling applications for years in VB6 (i know, in process of converting to .net) but anyway.. I update the exe, zip it and email to to someone... been doing this for many many years. I compiled a couple in the last few days and tried to send them through outlook. (I zip them first). Outlook seems fit to strip the file from my message claiming it has a virus. my computer is . er uh, ahem.... managed by the company, which means regular scanning, constant virus updates every windows update ever created, all 1000+ of them and so-on, so I would really be surprised if I did indeed have a virus. Their solution was to run "superAntiSpyware" scan, which seems to pick out a few other of my applications (I have hundreds) as being infected by Trojan.agent/GenBancos. Many of the ones it seems to think are infected are over 10 years old, so I am thinking false positive on them. It does not pick up any on the applications I have tried sending the last couple days. Has anyone ever heard of or is it possible to compile a virus into an application unknowingly? (i.e. a virus lurking and attached itself to the file when I compile?) If so, given that my computer is scanned daily with virus definitions updated almost as regularly, how likely is this to be the issue? or am I getting jerked around by outlook and the glorious support staff?
Those are false positive results by their virus scanner. That's nothing unusual. Talk to the manufacturer of their virus scanner.
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Those are false positive results by their virus scanner. That's nothing unusual. Talk to the manufacturer of their virus scanner.