Hi Mike
It happens all the time that malware detectors may raise an alarm for a
fairly innocent program. Remember the old days? We used to have JAWS
detected as a malware: even the FS guys suggested during that time to
disable all antivirus programs during installation of JAWS. The reason was
that the way JAWS works poses a threat to a system: it tries to detect
keypresses, find MSAA hooks and runs in the background of any app. While the
screen reader behaves this way, it is to provide speech for any program, but
antivirus programs saw this as a potential threat. This was later resolved,
but it just shows how some patterns that are used by malware programs can be
confused for innocent ones.
Before I give any recommendation, I may just say Unlocker is a useful
utility and I had been using it for the past six years without any problem
on my system. However, it may happen that the way it works may not be
palatable with how MS Security Essentials detects trojan worms.
Another reason is that during downloads, a file may be corrupted. So you may
simply need to run a file calcluation checksum instead to see whether the
file is still integral.
To be on the safe side (not only for Unlocker but for any program you
download and wish to install on your PC), consider setting up a restore
point first. After that, install the program. If anything strange happens,
simply restore your computer to its state before the installation.
Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with Unlocker Assistant. You can even try
running a scan with another antivirus program on another machine and compare
the results.
Take care,
Ishe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected]>
To: "Blind Computing" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 2:32 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Deleting a corrupt file
Hi All;
I downloaded the Unlocker Asisstant program that was suggested for
removing
corrupted files from:
http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html
After downloading the program I scanned it and MSSE seen it as a Trojan
and
it was removed. Has anyone run into this? I found that by sipping the
program MSSE wouldn't detect it as a Trojan but, I am hesitant to install
the program because of the potential problems and what MSSE might see it
as
after being installed. All advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
much. Take care.
Mike
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