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McAfee update classifies Vista component as a Trojan

Oct 21, 2008 2:35AM PDT

Another fine mess

By John Leyden

21st October 2008

McAfee has fixed an update glitch that wrongly slapped a Trojan classification on components of Microsoft Vista.

As a result of a misfiring update, published on Monday, the Windows Vista console IME executable was treated as a password-stealing Trojan. Depending on their setup, McAfee users applying would have typically found the component either quarantined or deleted.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/21/mcafee_vista_trojan_false_alert/

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The Fixed DAT File Has Already Been Released.....
Oct 21, 2008 3:07AM PDT

See the information below:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100683.htm

"The 5409 DAT files contain an incorrect identification on PWS-LegMir. McAfee Avert Labs have released DAT 5410 to correct this issue. The false detection is being seen on the following file:

* conime.exe - Windows Vista console IME (MD5: F96EBC5A624349D81DCC7600A3C5DC43) "
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If you're running the current "retail" versions of VirusScan, follow the instructions below to fix the issue:

Download extra.dat from www.mvrsupport.com/extra.zip & save it to the desktop

Extract extra.zip to C:\Program Files\McAfee\Virus Scan\DAT\5409.0\

Restart the system

Check if conime.exe is present in System32 folder

If it is not found, download the same from www.Mvrsupport.com/conime.zip and extract it to system32 folder.

If you're using a corporate version of VirusScan, simply download the newest Superdat or XDat file from the link below and manually update your machines.

http://www.mcafee.com/apps/downloads/security_updates/dat.asp?region=us&segment=enterprise

Hope this helps.

Grif

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(NT) Just A Bump To Keep It At the Top One More Day...
Oct 21, 2008 1:33PM PDT