bugtraq - Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:49:46 +0800
From: "Russell J. Wood" <rjw@...n-cpp.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Unusual Activity in Ad-aware 6 Personal, Build 6.181

Hello,

I just scanned my dad's PC with Ad-aware 6 Personal and monitored that directory
whilst doing so. No files turned up at all, and the directory was removed after
the scan was complete.

Maybe these files are placed there before being moved to quarantine?

- Russell

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:36:16AM -0400, fedhead wrote:
>Seems benign enough. Every night when it runs, after the first scan of the
>registry, it creates four files in the C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware
>6\cache folder which Norton AV catches as trojan scripts:
>
>exploit.chm
>installer.htm
>shellscript.js
>shellscript_loader.js

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