Is this safe to install?


  1. tigersbob
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    Is this safe to install?


    I was wondering if this file is safe to install my friend gave it to me. I scanned it with kaspersky and it said it was fine. So i did a virus scan on virus total it was 4/43. And he gave me a .bat which got a 7/43 so is this a virus?
    http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/...f4-1289266253#

    http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/...450-1289266928
    Last edited by Dwarf; 09 Nov 2010 at 11:02. Reason: Corrected links
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  3. Hopalong X
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    I wouldn't trust them under the circumstances.
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  4. jailbirdslanger
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    I wouldn't trust anything like that especially if you aren't true/real friends, not associates.
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  6. SolarWind
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    This could well be a false positive, and generic trojan names are given to suspicious program behaviour.

    That said, the last thing you want is a batch file worm that will copy itself to shared areas on local and remote computers. I am sure the application isn't worth the risk.

    Delete it and forget about it.
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