[pcductape] Re: Free website virus scan could be dangerous
- From: "Pam" <ltf01@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcductape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:33:59 -0500
Me too. Do you use their AV also?
Pam
-----Original Message-----
From: pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Victor Firestone
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 7:25 AM
To: pcductape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pcductape] Re: Free website virus scan could be dangerous
Pam,
Known about that one for years and always recommended it
Pam wrote:
This is a good online scanner. Doesn't have the security problems
either.
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
They make an excellent AV product too.
Pam
-----Original Message-----
From: pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Victor Firestone
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:28 AM
To: pcductape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pcductape] Re: Free website virus scan could be dangerous
Only if they have succedded in placing a particular script on your
comp in the Internet temp files................. it is possible but not so
easy to do
Personally I use online scanners as a last resort - especially if I am
on someone else's computer trying to fix it and they do not have an AV
problem installed or if it is playing up
Carl wrote:
Hey Guys,
Below is an email message I received from a virus research firm.
What is alarming is the indications that a hacker can get into your system
if you use a free website virus scan at two of the sites listed below. I
use website virus all the time; usually housecall but occasionaly I use
Panda (very very slow).
Carl
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Researcher Claims Online Anti-virus Scanners Buggy
By Larry Seltzer
April 7, 2004
UPDATED: Online scanners from Symantec, McAfee and
Panda all contain buffer overflows. One researcher
claims an attacker could execute arbitrary code,
another just that they could crash the browser. Panda
reports their software has been fixed and Symantec
and McAfee confirm the browser crash.
An Israeli security researcher claims to have found
security holes in the free online scanners of three
major anti-virus companies.
Rafel Ivgi, also known as "The Insider," in posts to
several security mailing lists, claims that Panda
ActiveScan, McAfee FreeScan, and Symantec Virus
Detection all suffer from buffer overflows that could
allow an attacker to crash the system and potentially
execute arbitrary code.
Read more here:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1563092,00.asp
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