A Virus was Found! Help!

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Virus name: DAME (Dark Angel M.E.)
File name: C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\Setup\vpsm00030501.vpu
VPS version: 0305-1, 05/28/2003

HELP!!! :o :o ??? ??? :‘( :’(

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Pruusst! LOL

False alarm. Avast identifies its own Signature updatefiles as a Virus!:slight_smile:

Nothing to worry about. I think one Avast guy will answer soon.

“DAME” is an old(realy old) Virusconstructor(Mutation Engine if i remember correctly)

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haha…lol

;D ;D ;D

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Same thing here. Had to turn resident scanning off to get latest update file. System scans clean after updating.

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ROFL ;D ;D ;D ;D

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??? ???

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my resident scanning is set to high…but it didn’t prompt me about it when avast downloaded the latest update automatically…

i get to know only after i done a through scan…

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Sorry, it mean Rolling on the floor laughing.
You can use it when you think somethings very funny.
Regards
Omik

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hahaha…got it!!!

cheers…ROFL!!! ;D ;D

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Very funny, indeed… ;D
Given the probability of such a phenomenon, I’d rather call it a miracle. :slight_smile:

(maybe the End Of Days is coming…? ;D)

Vlk

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I'd rather call it a miracle.
I second that - this DAME polymorphic definition is inside the avast! for about ten years and never caused a false alarm...

Anyway, we will release the new update in several minutes - with thes FA removed and with new Win32:Holar variant added - it seems to spread very fast in the near future!

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oh…i moved this file to the virus chest!!!..does it matter?..please kindly advice…

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It does not matter. Or just re-run virus database update, to be sure…

Shouldn’t really be a problem.

Sorry for that,
Vlk

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thanks vlk…i have updated to the latest virus definitions…so can i delete that file from the chest??

thanks again… ;D ;D

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hi vlk…

by the way…i always have got some files which avast is unable to scan…due to zip archive is corrupted???..how it matters??..thanks vlk…

for example…

c:\MATLAB6p5\java\jarext\classes111.jar\oracle\gss\util\NLSCharacter.class

c:\Program Files\java\j2re1.4.2\lib\plugin.jar\META_INF\MANIFEST.MF

;D ;D

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Sorry for the really old bump. I found the thread via a google search.

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2766/dameha7.png

So this is a false alarm?

edit: scanning it a second time revealed nothing. The file changes dynamically, so it has to have been a fluke.

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As a check to a possibly infected file you can upload the file in question to
either
http://virusscan.jotti.org/
or
http://www.virustotal.com/flash/index_en.html
In you case upload the C:\Program Files\WinMX[u]settings.dat[/u] file to be on the safe side. :wink:

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I checked both and they both found nothing, so I guess it’s a hoax.

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Is your virus database updated? Was it when avast detect that ‘hoax’?
If you scan it now, will avast show you a virus warning?

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  1. yes it is updated
  2. yes
  3. avast will not show me a virus warning when I scan it now.