Trojan found when extracting Omega Driver?

CanadianIce

My husband was trying to install the new Omega Driver on his computer, but each time he tried extracting the 7zip exe, Norton would pop up and say that it detected a trojan startpage. He tried redownloading it from another site, but the same thing happen.

I also tried downloading it from yet another site on my computer, and I too get the same message from Norton .

He's a little relucted to install the driver now... is there something about this driver that makes Norton think there's a trojan attached?

Dyre Straits

Greetings and Welcome to Driverheaven.

I've noticed a few people posting that Norton is detecting a virus in the latest Omegadrivers. However, I've been using Omega's drivers for several years and am presently using his latest version.

After reading several of the posts here about a possible virus, I left my computer running as I went to work yesterday and did a FULL system scan using my updated Virus protection.

I'm using BOTH AVG and McAfee. Neither one has given me any notice about a virus in Omega's drivers and my full system scan came up empty yesterday.

I'm concluding that Norton is giving a false positive in this instance.

Make sure you update your DAT files.

I also highly recommend that you use AVG (or another free Virus program) and not depend only on Norton for protection.

Here's a link to the free AVG version download page:

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01

CanadianIce

Thank-you for the welcome and reply!

We figured it was probably Norton making a boo-boo and seeing something that wasn't there, but figured it's better to be on the safe side and ask first. I tried scanning the file with a free scanner at PCPitStop.com and it didn't come up with anything nor did McAfee's Free online scanner.

Thanks again for the re-assurance!

[hobo]eclipse

I can recall someone else asking bout this quite some months bak and it being determind to be a false positive.

Swifty2003

Yes false positives generally happen with virus-scanners.

thetaco123

your not supose to use more than one virus scanner.

Dyre Straits

Where did you come up with that? It's HIGHLY advisable to use more than one Virus Scanner.

It's FIREWALLS you don't want to use more than one.


"This paper studies a number of anti-virus engine tests which reveal that each virus scanner presents its own strengths and weaknesses. As no single anti-virus engine can fully protect against all possible threats, this paper examines how simultaneous use of more than one virus engine can achieve greater security than is technically possible when relying on one anti-virus engine alone."

Read the rest here:

http://www.windowsecurity.com/whitep..._Scanners.html

The_Neon_Cowboy

becouse two active scanners will bring you pc to a "crawl". Yoiu must specfically
disable all active scanning on the second AV...

Dyre Straits

Maybe it depends on which ones you use. I've not experienced any problems using McAfee and AVG together so far.

PangingJr

By Fred Langa
Langa.com

You see, you can't be sure that any single product will counter all threats or be running flawlessly all the time, so a multi-layered defense can increase your security: One protective technology can backstop another. But there's a big "if:" Multiple layers of defense are better than single layers *IF* they don't interfere with each other. In the case of external routers, servers, NATs, firewalls, etc., they'll rarely interfere with those that reside locally on your own PC: Because they can coexist well, they can work together to provide more security than either could alone. But if you add multiple firewalls, intrusion monitors, etc., on the *same* PC, you can run into trouble because the apps compete to "own" the processes they're designed to monitor.

Antivirus tools work the same way: External, centrally-installed server-based antivirus tools can coexist well with locally-installed, PC-based AV tools: They can buttress each other. But you usually CANNOT install multiple AV tools on the same PC: They end up stepping on each other's toes and interfering with each other. So there's no single Yes or No answer to this: It's conditional, based on whether or not the additional products can work without interference. If they can coexist, then the extra security is a good thing.

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A topic found in groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.virus - One Antivirus Rule ( http://groups.google.com/group/alt.c...f89ed188679ae4)
some of the informations on the message are old, but in my opinion the point about Norton and McAfee AV programs that the writer was making can still be applied today.

The_Neon_Cowboy

put on norton and mcafee, then watch your pc go boom...

Dyre Straits

I won't touch anything "Norton" with a ten-foot pole. Several other people have thanked me for ridding their systems of this as it tends to want to take over the system. Simply put, it's a control freak.

Like so many other issues, it seems opinions vary and there's disagreement. However, not really to direct people away from DH, but, a full discussion took place on another forum and a large majority stated they had no problems running 2...and even more....active AV programs at the same time.

This is just to emphasize, that this is not my opinion and experience alone:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=56893

onarum

Well the thing is that norton stinks, get a real Av like NOD32 or something.

Judas

imo, Most people do not NEED all that antivirus software....

usually by the time they get a virus (enless they are doing stuff that should have virus protection added), there system has already fallen appart from all the spyware and various other things that can happen...

Liqourice

I've had AVG installed for over a year. On top of that I run Hitman Pro once a week. I've never had an problems with viruses. I've had to fiddle with one or two annoying trojans during this time but none that were of any major concern, they were both easily removed.

Of course you can run multiple virus scanners and so on but if you're just an average person surfing a little now and then it's a bit paranoid to do that. Most people can go by with just one and then maybe once in a while run the free online scanners some companies provide for the extra checkup. Spyware is generally a bigger problem than viruses and Hitman Pro is the best solution as far as I see it.