Download on MG sent a Trojan Horse

Hi

First off sorry this happened but all software is tested here before inclusion into the listings..

Your going to have to let us know the name of the software you were downloading that caused this?

A note: Many older applications and some newer ones sometimes get falsely registered as virii/trojans just depends on what job they are doing as in the case of keyloggers and security programs this can happen due to the nature of the software and is normal... of an older .exe or .dll is registered as being linked to virii.

I have downloaded here for near 5yrs and never gotten anything suspicious on my PC, as I know all applications are tested beforehand, not saying the odd one may not be missed but humans are humans and this site corrects things VERY quickly.

 

Its a key logger. It will be flagged by most anti-virus and spyware apps as a virus or trojan because it acts like a rootkit, the intent of a keylogger is to be placed on a computer without the users knowledge, exactly as a virus would.

MajorGeeks has been testing files since we were TweakFiles in 1997, long before malware was so common:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=2
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/majorgeeks.com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details?url=majorgeeks.com

 

Not a problem, just be careful out there, many so called malware free websites post infected files every day. The link I gave you above, like SiteAdvisor can be helpful, but if you need something for your computer, you can count on us.

 

Their is your problem, keyloggers are by the nature of what they are in being secretive security applications are generally flagged up by antivirus applciations as trojans as you know trojans gather data, which is what basically keyloggers do also.

Tested and as I expected my AV found a trojan in Win32:Trojan-gen. {VC} this was not a suprise to me as I mentioned keylogger are highlighted as malicious by nature in antivirus applications because of the secretive job they do.

 

Good to hear macroqueen

We do take the issue of malware very seriously here, hence this very popular and busy malware forum that has great malware experts who are able to rid PCs of the most stubborn issues.

Now your finally out of the closet so to speak do join in with the rest of the forum