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16-Jan-2008, 10:17 PM #1
Very Common "Virus" trend keeps finding every now and then...
Alright so if you have seen my case way back with irfanview, I talked about it's latest download giving me what Trend called a virus. The "virus" is called PAK_GENERIC.001 and the reason I now believe that this "virus" is just interpreted sometimes as a virus even though it's a legit execution or such file. The reason I say this is because this time, the virus was located in my Apple Mobile Device Support/bin folder and it was found in a .exe called syncplanobserver.exe . Now in order for me to be sure I want to check with you guys, because I don't want some low security gateway virus on my computer.


EDIT: GOOD NEWS: After doing a VirusTotal online scan of the recent quarantined and the one that was in qurantine since September, September's "Deutsch.dll" got 0/32 red flags and the file from Apple "syncplanobserver.exe" Only got a red flag from 1 one the scanners (Panda) and even though 0 is safer than 1, I believe I'm going to put my computer's safety in apple's hands, just in case though, if my computer does get a bigger virus because of whatever made Trend and Panda click in the Apple file, could I sue apple for damages? Not that I would but hey, any chance to make something good off of something bad makes me happier.

EDIT 2: Also, does anybody know if that file is severely important to use iTunes or Sync my iPhone with iTunes? Because no matter how safe that file has proven it is, Trend will always throw it into quarantine, so if it's not that important please tell me so I can delete it and not have to restore it every time it gets put into the danger zone.

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