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RE: winad.exe and winad-update.exe
From: Jensenne Roculan <jroculan () securityfocus com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:30:18 -0600 (MDT)
Hi there, WinAd http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99236 It is an Adware program and is neither a virus or a trojan. Cheers, Jensenne Roculan SecurityFocus - http://www.securityfocus.com ARIS - http://aris.securityfocus.com (403) 213-3939 ext. 229 On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 PNIXON () ci somerville ma us wrote:
I saw these this morning. McAfee caught them as WinAd.A and WinAd.B No information available through their site. Patrick Nixon Network Engineer City of Somerville Information Technology pnixon @ ci . somerville . ma . us -----Original Message----- From: Mike Shaw [mailto:mshaw () wwisp com] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:45 PM To: INCIDENTS () securityfocus com Subject: winad.exe and winad-update.exe Anyone ever heard of these? Norton is calling them "backdoor.trojan" and quarantining them. They don't appear to be coming in via email. -Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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- winad.exe and winad-update.exe Mike Shaw (Oct 25)
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- RE: winad.exe and winad-update.exe PNIXON (Oct 25)
- RE: winad.exe and winad-update.exe Jensenne Roculan (Oct 25)