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Post by Trazik on Nov 19, 2007 16:17:51 GMT
So my AVG found a virus called "Obfustat.ZXS" infecting a bunch of .DLLs in the System Volume Information folder of my C: drive today. It was cleaned up and there is no real problem as far as I can tell, except I can't find any information on this virus anywhere.
There are vague, unhelpful references to other Obfustat viruses, none of which address the problems.
I do not know how I got this, and am not really concerned at the moment (unless it shows up continually).
Could this be a problem with AVG (bad update?). Could this be a "new threat" or something mostly benign?
Advice appreciated.
Trazik
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Post by chirikov on Nov 19, 2007 17:01:17 GMT
from what i can tell, avg is the only antivirus throwing around these obfustat detections, but im not sure if theyre all false positives or not. quite a few of them seem to be tho
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Post by dodrudon on Nov 19, 2007 17:04:04 GMT
Well, unless your computer starts throwing fits, then you should be fine...
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Post by dapperdave on Nov 19, 2007 17:18:08 GMT
Had a quick look at this and it seems AVG is detecting the "Securom" copy protection software of some online multiplayer games as a trojan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROMMake your own mind up about this, seems a bit intrusive to me, but if that's the only way to play a good game.... Obfustat seems to be AVG code for "Obfuscated" (meaning deliberately hard to understand) ie AVG thinks the file is dodgy but doesn't know exactly how  |
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Post by Trazik on Nov 19, 2007 17:22:25 GMT
Hmmm, I did by the new Harry Potter 5 DVD this weekend.
I have been using AVG for about 3 months and this is the first I have had this .... "problem". Seems harmless though.
Thanks for the help.
Trazik
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Post by bhao on Nov 19, 2007 17:48:45 GMT
Had a quick look at this and it seems AVG is detecting the "Securom" copy protection software of some online multiplayer games as a trojan. and rightly so  |
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Post by dapperdave on Nov 19, 2007 20:23:58 GMT
Had a quick look at this and it seems AVG is detecting the "Securom" copy protection software of some online multiplayer games as a trojan. and rightly so SecuROM is Sony's baby, looks like they haven't learnt their lesson from the rootkit debacle  |
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