<VV> Documentation on CD's

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:58 AM 11/27/2009, Mikeamauro at aol.com wrote:
>Dave...
>
>"PDF Cracker" sounds like a cool program, so I went on line and  started a
>free download. Before the download was completed, my Norton  security
>program flagged out the "Cracker" .exe as a "Severe Security Risk." 
>As  such, I
>allowed Norton to quarantine and remove the program from my computer.  I'd
>like to have the program available to me, but certainly not at the risk of
>infecting my PC. Dave, can you tell us what site was your source for 
>obtaining
>the "PDF Cracker" program; and, has your security system scanned the
>program for  security risks?
>




I believe you'll find that modern antivirus and malware aps will 
identify a lot of program cracks and other "unlocker" applications as 
"malignant software" and tag it as "hack tools".


AVG does... it's popped up a number of different "warnings" 
concerning software utilities that I knew for a fact were safe but, 
like the crack pgm listed above, were still identified as a 
"suspicious hack tool" by the antivirus program.


Usually there's additional info available either on the web or from 
the AV program itself as to why it identified a particular file or ap 
as malignant.   You're likely gonna find that your own virus warning 
was not because it's a virus but because's it's a crack.



tony..