Possible Virus

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-11 09:19am

I've got a file here that dosn't want to go away, dosn't list as Spyware, nor viruses acording to differant scans, just sits there, I can delete it, but it comes back in a few days.

I've uploaded it *zipped* to the net, if any of our specalist's can figure it out.

http://alpha.frozenflame.org/me/spider.zip

file name is spider.sav

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-10-11 09:52am

Not helpful to your problem, but a tip so that in the future you don't look like an ass:

The plural form for virus is viruses. It is not virii because even though virus comes from a Latin original, it is considered an English word, hence viruses.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-10-11 10:10am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Not helpful to your problem, but a tip so that in the future you don't look like an ass:

How about removing that stick from your ass first? He spells reasonably
well unlike ZOR.

Sokartawi · Post by **Sokartawi** » 2004-10-11 10:58am

Files usually don't come back from the dead by themself, something else is likely to be putting it there.

Judging from the size of this thing, only a handful of bytes, this thing you have there isn't harmful by itself.

In what directory is it hiding?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-10-11 11:04am

MKSheppard wrote:
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Not helpful to your problem, but a tip so that in the future you don't look like an ass:
How about removing that stick from your ass first? He spells reasonably
well unlike ZOR.

Saying "virii" annoys me as well

Sokartawi · Post by **Sokartawi** » 2004-10-11 11:13am

Looked at it in ASCII, and it doesn't look like code at all, but instead, like it's extension already sais, it's most probably indeed a harmless savegame.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-10-11 11:15am

TDS-3 don't think anything about that file.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-10-11 11:16am

I third the virii thing. Grammar Nazis and biologists have a duty.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-10-11 11:31am

Ace Pace wrote:I've got a file here that dosn't want to go away, dosn't list as Spyware, nor virii acording to differant scans, just sits there, I can delete it, but it comes back in a few days.

I've uploaded it *zipped* to the net, if any of our specalist's can figure it out.

http://alpha.frozenflame.org/me/spider.zip

file name is spider.sav

Your scanner is looking for "virii", so of course it won't find anything. "Virii" is not a real word. Reconfigure it to look for "viruses."

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-11 12:11pm

And grammar Nazism saves the day again!

As to the problem, it just keeps coming back? That is odd.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-10-11 01:12pm

While it doesn't appear to be a trojan, virus or spyware, it could be used to save data for such a program.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-11 02:59pm

Fine fine, I fixed the virii, wonderful hijack

And thanks for the analysis, going to check if it has some connection to registry or temp folder bringing it back.

Sokartawi · Post by **Sokartawi** » 2004-10-11 04:11pm

Probably a dumb question but...

Aren't there any games/apps on the PC with 'spider' in the name or something?

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-10-11 04:17pm

Run Hijack This! and post the log it generates.

As for virii vs. viruses, who the fuck cares? Stop being damned grammar nazis and actually try troubleshooting the problem instead of hijacking a perfectly good thread.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-12 01:32am

Sokartawi wrote:Probably a dumb question but...

Aren't there any games/apps on the PC with 'spider' in the name or something?

No, nor do I recall saving any savegame with the name spider

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-12 03:03am

Spider.sav is a save file for Spider Solitaire.

Edit: Spider.sav.something, however, is something nasty, so proceed with caution.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-12 08:17am

Thanks Fgalkin, so that ends the mystery, problem solved, mod can lock.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-10-12 08:37am

And lock

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