Virus in setup file (probably false alarm)?

Anmeldedatum: 15.03.2007 Beiträge: 11

Today I got the following virus alert from the Symantec Antivirus software:

Scan type: Auto-Protect Scan
Event: Risk Found!
Risk: VirusBurst
File: C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\My Documents\Downloads\MyPhoneExplorer_Setup_1.5.9.exe
Location: C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\My Documents\Downloads
Action taken: Pending Side Effects Analysis : Access denied
Date found: den 26 mars 2007 00:01:41

Scan type: Auto-Protect Scan
Event: Security Risk Found!
Risk: VirusBurst
File: C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\My Documents\Downloads\MyPhoneExplorer_Setup_1.5.9.exe
Location: Quarantine
Action taken: Quarantine succeeded : Access denied
Date found: måndag 26 mar 2007 01:52:53

Symantec also pointed to an info page at the web:

<http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-090516-0204-99>

However, as far as I can see (from the info on the web page) there is no VirusBurst application installed in my computer, so I guess that this is a false alarm. But it would still be interesting to know why MyPhoneExplorer triggered the alarm...

Gast

symantec found this virus on my pc this morning ... i'm guessing updated virus signature file now includes this 'virusburst' signature. as infected files are the install .exe and the uninstall, then i'll delete both for now but it would be good to know if this is a real infection or a false-positive.

Site Admin Anmeldedatum: 15.02.2006 Beiträge: 31497 Wohnort: Tirol

Its a false alarm. i contacted symantec already to fix it.
MyPhoneExplorer contains NO VIRUS ( if you load the file from my homepage)

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