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Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Fli on February 18, 2005, 10:09:47 PM

just a heads up guys,ran avg tonite and this little bugger poped up.might be no harm for you to run a scan on your bfv folder just to make sure its ok,it was hiding in the eReg folder btw

(http://members.boards.ie/fli/virus.JPG)

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on February 19, 2005, 01:29:52 AM

Scanning...
Just found the same in all EZ files from EA.
1942, '42RtR, '42SWoWWII, NFSU and Nam.
Using AVG, only discovered now.
I assume its an AVG issue.

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]valen on February 19, 2005, 09:53:29 AM

Well spoted!! I got the same and killed the wee fucker!!

 :twisted:

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: Jackabo82 on February 19, 2005, 02:09:55 PM

Whats the virus do ?

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on February 19, 2005, 02:39:52 PM

It more than likely doesn't.
I think it is an AVG false alarm.
Latest Norton on other PC spotted nothing.
It also picks up on some files in sun/java/archives or similar directory.
Did the same to a mate's PC while I was in Limerick.
Just an AVG wobbler.

In fact, scan disc3(red) of Nam. Guess what turns up.
Either EA have been infecting us since pre-NFSU and every other AV-scanner is in on it or AVG is twitchy.

But it is nice to be alerted to the mere risk of a NAM infection.
A real one wouldn't be funny.

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Fli on February 19, 2005, 06:10:48 PM

i didnt know if it was serious or not,i just wanted to pass the warning round the bfv community  :)

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on February 19, 2005, 07:42:44 PM

Any idea if EA or AVG know about it?

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: tig|Bosco on February 19, 2005, 07:54:22 PM

It's probably just a glitch as Devil says.  Virus scanners work by looking for patterns (heuristics I think they're called) in files that match paterns made by virus infection.  Occasionally a file can have one of these patterns in it purely by chance.

...then again...maybe it is a virus, what do I know ;)

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on February 20, 2005, 02:26:44 PM

It locked them away in AVG's equivolent of Guantanamo Bay so it doesn't really matter.
Think it 'healed' the .zip files in the java directory.
I'm happy, not like I needed EZ_registration anyway.

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Winters on February 20, 2005, 04:37:56 PM

Quote from: [TiG]Devil_Monkey

not like I needed EZ_registration anyway.

Well, even if you did use the registration, EA seem to forget about Ireland.

Title: virus i got tonite
Post by: [TiG]Devil_Monkey on February 21, 2005, 02:06:47 PM

Yeah.

Putting an end to this, new definitions are out and a scan of CD1 of Nam now reveals no issues with EA EZreg stuff.

If it had been true, it would have been scarey.
Cheers fli.