Need Advice: Should I install SopCast?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by oursignup, Feb 8, 2008.

  1. oursignup

    oursignup Private E-2

    I downloaded SopCast.zip (which has a setup exe) from http://www.sopcast.org/download. But before I installed this, I uploaded the zip at jotti to check for any virus or malware.

    Jotti uses many scanners and one of them "a-squared" detected Adware.Win32.Admedia.b in the zip. All the 10+ other scanners did not. So just to be sure I downloaded free a2cmd version and ran it against the zip on my machine. It also detected and reported the same.

    What should I do? Is it safe to install SopCast or am I taking undue risk?

    Please help and advice.
    -ours
    PS: My system configuration is
    OS: Vista Premium
    Firewall: Comodo Free
    VirusScan: AVG Free
    and also Windows Defender
     
    oursignup, Feb 8, 2008
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    You should be okay as long as you downloaded it directly from SopCast. A-squared is more than likely just detecting things in the program that are often considered questionable (like P2P).
     
    chaslang, Feb 10, 2008
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  3. oursignup

    oursignup Private E-2

    Thank you very much :)
    -ours
     
    oursignup, Feb 10, 2008
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     
    chaslang, Feb 11, 2008
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