That's good to know. I've never seen a Trojan show up on this old computer of mine, so was a little worried.
Didn't know that AVG was known for false positives. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] I found a Trojan in Goldwave! > > Hi. No, I think it's a false positive. This is why I'm not keen on AVG to > be > honest, as to me it flags genuine programmes as actual viruses, and this > is > one good example, flagging GoldWave to be a virus. Avast won't do this. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DoubleLegal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Blind Computer Users" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:39:07 -0600 > Subject: [Blind-Computing] I found a Trojan in Goldwave! > >> Hello everyone, >> >> This kind of freaked me out. >> >> I just downloaded and installed the new Security updates for Windows XP > this morning. As they were being installed, I walked away from my > computer. > When I got back, my AVG Anti Virus had popped up saying it had found a > Trojan Virus. >> >> I had also updated my AVG software at about 5am, but had not run a >> computer > scan. >> >> I moved the virus to the virus vault and then got it's name and what > program it was in. Turns out it was in Gold Wave. Looks like it would have > been activated if I ever uninstalled Gold Wave. >> >> Here's the name of the virus and where it was located: >> >> Trojan Horse Downloader.banload.wpr >> c:\program files\Goldwave\unstall.exe >> >> Scan your computers!! >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
