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Google Talk got a virus?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Archytas


    Is it a message on the page or from your Anti-virus software? and if its your AV what are you using?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Microsoft Anti Spyware is all as far as i know...

    no matter what detected it it still is infected with that virus :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭aphex™


    I downloaded it and ran a scan and found nothing at all.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Wont let me download it form anywhere....

    http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136998.htm

    thats what it says it has anyways...

    i dunno :-\
    Trojan Characteristics:
    There have been reports of an incorrect identification in the 4629 DAT files of certain installer packages. This will be corrected in the 4630 DATs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Archytas


    So its not really a virus then..... Just an error with the AV scanner... Disable and download. or not.. just to be safe :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,231 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    could be an error with the av scanner as i have mcafee and it says windows explorer is a PIP and it cannot be deleted.
    Mind you im fully spyware and virus free as i run av and reg scanner and spyware doctor every friday at eight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    Remember that Microsoft and Google are competitors in many fields including Instant Messanging.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Sparky_S wrote:
    Mind you im fully spyware and virus free as i run av and reg scanner and spyware doctor every friday at eight.


    What if your not around at eight?:eek:

    no AV scanner just MS antispyware thats all...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    b3n wrote:
    no AV scanner
    No! Bad! Bad! Down!

    If you want to check see if you have a virus, download one of the free scanners (see my sig) and run it. Don't trust an anti-spyware program to tell you if you have a virus, thats not what it was designed for.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭b3n


    Ah it wasnt my computer, more like public computers that are wiped and restored often enough.

    Ah sure il leave it , i'l just Skype away...


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