i just updating McAfee definitions, etc. and this did fix the issue. -fd
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 11:48AM, Andrew Patrick said: > I just found a note stating that this had been fixed in the 4512 definition > file, so make sure you update ASAP. > > Andrew Patrick wrote: > >I also had problems this weekend with McAfee deleting known, > >long-installed programs with the same Generic BackDoor.dr claims, but it > >has not touched my AG install yet. > > > > > > > >Brian Tieman wrote: > > > >>My virus checker McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 just deleted all my > >>copies of the AGTk install packages. The checker is claiming a virus > >>detected as "GenericBackDoor.dr" was detected and so deleted the files. > >> > >>I've had these files for months now and am reasonably certain there > >>are no true viruses in them (at least I hope there aren't--I installed > >>them in a lot of places!). I'm guessing my checker just updated > >>itself with a new signature file which contained something found in > >>the AGKt-2.3-Py-2.3.exe file it didn't like. > >> > >>Anyone else see this? The virus scanner is controlled by IT and I > >>can't turn it off--is there a work around for this problem? Anyone > >>think I truely do have a virus? > >> > >>Thanks for the input! > >> > >>Brian Tieman > >>Argonne National Laboratory > > > > > > -- > Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. > Senior Scientist > Information Security Group, Institute for Information Technology > National Research Council (NRC), Ottawa, Canada > E-mail: [email protected] > WWW - NRC: http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca > WWW - Personal: http://www.andrewpatrick.ca
