Help! Downloaded "quicktime 7.2 (new).exe

[bc_bjorkman]

folks...being the dummy i am...i just downloaded
quicktime 7.2 (new).exe
which i understand happens to b a virus...
does anybody know what im talking about?
any suggestions..

thanx

Bjorn

[AndrewBarker]

well the obvious thing would be to swing your antivirus into action, how come it didn't catch it while you were downloading, or would that be because.....

[AndrewBarker]

I think this would be your problem
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...bot.f.worm.html

[bc_bjorkman]

thanks alot...yo is this site in another language???

NOTE: %System% is a variable. The worm locates the System folder and copies the files to that location. By default, this is C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me), C:\Winnt\System32 (Windows NT/2000), or C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP).

yo im going dizzy....

ill try my best

[dgmortal]

always check the manufacturers website before downloading software. if you would have taken a couple minutes to swing by the QuickTime website, you would have noticed that the software is only up to v6.5.0. this could have been your first warning that it wasnt worth downloading.

EDIT: oh yeah......where was your antivirus while you were downloading this?

B)

[bc_bjorkman]

u sound like my mother.....i dont have an anti virus...but anyways...u think i could get a real norton program off kazaa....

[Java Boy]

Originally posted by dg_mortal@2 February 2004 - 01:10
EDIT: oh yeah......where was your antivirus while you were downloading this?

B)

Asleep on the job me thinks...lol

EDIT..Can you tell us for the record what wonderful filesharing program you were using when this happened please?

[shn]

Originally posted by dg_mortal@1 February 2004 - 19:10
always check the manufacturers website before downloading software.  if you would have taken a couple minutes to swing by the QuickTime website, you would have noticed that the software is only up to v6.5.0.  this could have been your first warning that it wasnt worth downloading.

EDIT: oh yeah......where was your antivirus while you were downloading this?

B)

Lol....................7.2

I assume they dont have realtime system protection enabled. Most av suites do but have it off by default because it has to constantly be alert in the background and that can use up resources but I have never really noticed any performance issues whatsoever by having realtime protection enabled. B)

*edit* What no av?

[dgmortal]

Originally posted by bc_bjorkman@1 February 2004 - 18:19
u sound like my mother.....i dont have an anti virus...but anyways...u think i could get a real norton program off kazaa....

you could get norton off of kazaa, but i would suggest emule or bittorrent to get it instead .

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by bc_bjorkman@2 February 2004 - 00:19
u sound like my mother.....i dont have an anti virus...but anyways...u think i could get a real norton program off kazaa....

if you want to use kazaa here is a verified hash
https://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showt...32&hl=antivirus

there are other versions available if you care to browse the software verified section