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On Saturday 29 Oct 2011 19:25:00 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Oct 30, 2011 1:15 AM, "Mick" <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > pagefile.sys of a WinXP OS and it thinks it is a Win32:Patched-HO. |
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> If pagefile.sys is detected as a malware, most likely the actual malware |
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> was once loaded into (Windows XP's) memory got swapped, and avast! picked |
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> up its remnant. Loaded into memory doesn't mean that the malware was |
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> active, if the Windows XP was equipped with a good antivirus. |
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Interesting! The WinXP has Microsoft Security Essentials on it. I'll ask my |
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wife if it picked up anything lately. |
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> > Hmm .... it also thinks that some Batman Begins TS_01_0.VOB files (a back |
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> up I |
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> > made of a legit DVD) are "... a decompression bomb!" Puleeeeeze! o_O |
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> AFAIK "decompression bomb" is just avast!'s colorful way of saying that |
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> "this file is compressed, and I can't uncompress it to scan its contents, |
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> because there's not enough RAM to do a decompression." |
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Oh! I see ... |
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(I was in close proximity when bombs were going off in London and I get a bit |
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jumpy unnecessarily it seems! :)) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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