Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

winRar

May 18, 2007 1:20PM PDT

why windows vista dont support WinRar file

Discussion is locked

- Collapse -
Tried Winrar 3.70 Beta?
May 19, 2007 6:10AM PDT
- Collapse -
Link should not be downloaded
Mar 19, 2011 1:03AM PDT

That like is to infected WinRar which has a trojan.

- Collapse -
You'll Note That Was Posted FOUR Years Ago
Mar 19, 2011 6:41AM PDT

And besides, when I downloaded it just now, the version number is now 4.00 and I scanned it with current versions of both Avira and Malwarebytes.. Neither one detects it as a trojan..

You may be referring to the WinRar download that is provided by Download.com.. The presence of a trojan in the Download.com version is known and is being worked on.. The download directly from Winrar has not been detected as far as I know..

Which scanner did you use to detect the trojan in the download I linked to above?

Hope this helps.

Grif

- Collapse -
WinRar
Mar 19, 2011 10:41AM PDT

AVG shows it as a PWS-SpyEye!env.a

I just downloaded right now from this URL is this the correct place.

http://www.win-rar.com/

- Collapse -
Using AVG, same problem
Mar 20, 2011 12:55AM PDT

I just tried loading winrar 4.00 and AVG warns me that the download is infected with the trojan you mentioned. Any chance this is a false positive?

- Collapse -
Possible false positive
Mar 20, 2011 2:01AM PDT

Anything is possible.

Also this problem has been around for some times it seems. Hard to imagine the people making a good programs like WinRar would hot fix it.

I did check with AVG and did not find anything detailing this problem but looking at PWS-SpyEye!env.a there does seem to be a bit of news online of false positives from other virus scanner software not just AVG.

- Collapse -
Well, I've Now Checked It On Two Other Computers...
Mar 20, 2011 10:07AM PDT

All have been downloaded from the win-rar.com site. One has McAfee corporate antivirus, the other has ESET antivirus.. Neither one shows the file contains a trojan.. So, I've checked Avira, ESET, McAFee, Malwarebytes, and SuperAntispyware.. NONE of them show the trojan that AVG seems to be finding.. So,,,, false positive seems appropriate to me..

Your choice as to where to proceed from here.

Hope this helps.

Grif

- Collapse -
Hamster ZIP Archiver
Apr 20, 2011 2:42AM PDT

I'm not very technical, but just wanted to report my experience today. I recently installed Hamster ZIP Archiver, but because I kept getting an error message at startup, I decided to uninstall. While uninstalling, AVG (free edition) warned me about "PWS-SpyEye!env.a" and I let it put it in the vault, along with an .exe file (the Hamster uninstall file, I believe). However, then I was unable to uninstall properly. After finding this thread, I thought AVG must be mistaken, so I decided to restore the .exe file. Then I uninstalled and ignored the warning about PWS-SpyEye!env.a. I was then able to complete the uninstall.

Thanks for the tip! I think all is well now, although I won't know for sure till I restart.