Clifton wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 02:40:32PM -0600, Gary V wrote:
>> > Quite possibly an encrypted, and as of yet, undetected virus. I just got
>> > one with a password protected .rar file. I suggest blocking .rar files. I
>> > hope your users have not opened any of these. Mine claims to be a patch
>> > for an undetected worm.
>> 
>> A-Squared  Found nothing
>> AntiVir  Found nothing 
>> ArcaVir  Found nothing 
>> Avast  Found nothing 
>> AVG Antivirus  Found nothing 
>> BitDefender  Found nothing 
>> ClamAV  Found Email.Phishing.RB-686  
>> Dr.Web  Found nothing 
> ...
>> VBA32  Found nothing
>> 
>> I think you are getting this virus. I think it's more serious than
>> ClamAV thinks it is. I would say there's another storm a brewin'.

>   You should be able to stand down from the alert a bit:

>   ClamAV by default reports known standard phish emails as "viruses",
> using this "Email.Phishing" format, to protect unsuspecting users from
> getting all their money stolen.  No other AV vendors do that, so far as
> I know.  If you don't want this behavior, ISTR you can disable those
> signatures in current versions of ClamAV.
>   -- Clifton

I inquired about this on the ClamAV list. It contains the Nuwar virus
but there are extenuating circumstances.

http://lurker.clamav.net/thread/20070425.232237.811c419f.en.html


Gary V


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