So I am surfing around the net minding my own business when my Norton Anti-virus software puts a red warning up in my face stating "Risks in compressed file "dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip" have been detected. The compressed file and all contents, including uninfected files will be deleted"
Risk: High.
Threat type: Heuristic Virus. Detection of threat based on malware heuristics.
Clicking on the Norton File Incite link shows the following compressed threats:
Full Path: c:\users\me\documents\backups\ford doctors dts\ubb forums\dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip
Threat: Compressed threats
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On computers as of Not Available
Last Used 9/13/2012 at 8:23:28 PM
Startup Item No
Launched No
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Unknown
Number of users in the Norton Community that have used this file: Unknown
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Unknown
This file release is currently not known.
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High
This file risk is high.
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Threat Details
Threat type: Heuristic Virus. Detection of a threat based on malware heuristics.
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File Actions
resetsettings.exe
[Contained in] tweak-nt.exe
[Contained in] c:\users\me\documents\backups\ford doctors dts\ubb forums\dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip
No fix attempted
dtsystemmonitor.ocx
[Contained in] tweak-nt.exe
[Contained in] c:\users\me\documents\backups\ford doctors dts\ubb forums\dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip
No fix attempted
resetsettings.exe
[Contained in] 20-tweak-nt.zl9
[Contained in] c:\users\me\documents\backups\ford doctors dts\ubb forums\dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip
No fix attempted
dtsystemmonitor.ocx
[Contained in] 20-tweak-nt.zl9
[Contained in] c:\users\me\documents\backups\ford doctors dts\ubb forums\dts-forums-08-26-2012.zip
No fix attempted
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
Not Available
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File Thumbprint - MD5:
Not Available
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Norton has quarantined this file and recommends removing it. After reading about Heuristics I am not sure if this is actually a problem due to the number of false positives this type of threat detection puts up. On the other hand, have I stumbled onto something here? I dont know if these are normal ubb files. My forums have been running perfectly so...
Need advice!!!
