Hi Ishe; What is a file calculationchecksum and how does one perform this task? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks much. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting a corrupt file 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 > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
