Comments on: More False Positives from McAfee http://vncscan.com/blog/2008/09/more-false-positives-from-mcafee/ VNCScan Enterprise Network Manager (VENM) Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://vncscan.com/blog/2008/09/more-false-positives-from-mcafee/#comment-10 Steve Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:02:00 +0000 http://vncscan.com/blog/?p=27#comment-10 Here's an example of how far back this goes: http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2001-February/020152.html Here’s an example of how far back this goes: http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2001-February/020152.html

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]]> By: Steve http://vncscan.com/blog/2008/09/more-false-positives-from-mcafee/#comment-9 Steve Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://vncscan.com/blog/?p=27#comment-9 Yea, this is quite frustrating. This happens from time to time. VNC is a remote desktop control tool so I understand why a desktop security package would like to bring that to your attention in case you didn't know that it was installed but this is just excessive and destructive.<br/><br/>The VNC community has been playing whack -a- mole between the antivirus vendors for years. One vendor fixes it and then it shows up on another one. Three months later, it's back on the first one again.<br/><br/>It is worth noting that it's not calling it a virus. It's calling it a "Remote Admin Tool" ... and then deleting it. Yea, this is quite frustrating. This happens from time to time. VNC is a remote desktop control tool so I understand why a desktop security package would like to bring that to your attention in case you didn’t know that it was installed but this is just excessive and destructive.

The VNC community has been playing whack -a- mole between the antivirus vendors for years. One vendor fixes it and then it shows up on another one. Three months later, it’s back on the first one again.

It is worth noting that it’s not calling it a virus. It’s calling it a “Remote Admin Tool” … and then deleting it.

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]]> By: The_Frapster http://vncscan.com/blog/2008/09/more-false-positives-from-mcafee/#comment-8 The_Frapster Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:11:00 +0000 http://vncscan.com/blog/?p=27#comment-8 I ran this update at work, and CA also lists it as a virus, I went home, downloaded the demo and Avira also lists this as a virus. Ran on my XP machine, with Eset, and it didn't detect anything. So I am in a quandry here, 2 out of my three AV's say something's there. I ran this update at work, and CA also lists it as a virus, I went home, downloaded the demo and Avira also lists this as a virus. Ran on my XP machine, with Eset, and it didn’t detect anything. So I am in a quandry here, 2 out of my three AV’s say something’s there.

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