On 01/14/2010 08:43 PM, mc wrote:
Thanks for the links MEB,
I'll try out Kerio....

I was warned by Kaspersky after clicking on this link
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
and then getting re-directed to a Majorgeeks web page (beware)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3045.html
that a dangerous Trojan was noted

mc



The SpywareGuard does cause some AV to report it as malware because it
works as a TSR in the system and may contain code indicators. As for
Major Geeks, at one time the site or maybe some advertising] TRIED to
use a font injection, though that was several years ago unless something
new is going on. They are/were associated with tribalfusion, and I would
imagine hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded files from there.
There are quite a few programmers who ONLY offer their software on that
site since it has so many visitors and a long reputation for clean
software. I can't vouch for them so...

http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/majorgeeks.com
We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.

http://www.UnmaskParasites.com/secur...majorgeeks.com

Looking at the source for the page shows google links and LOTS of JAVA,
some off-site links and direct pulls, and.. nothing overly suspicious.

Its an old program that worked as protection against .exe, cab, some
other issues, though not updated for years, so you could probably avoid
its installation.

So what was the supposed trojan?

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