EMusic - Spybot S&D
finds a new problem?I updated my Spybot S&D on Friday
December 3rd, 2004 and ran a scan. It found a new problem on my machine.
It found EMusic.ico in C:\Program_Files\Emusic folder. So what is it? I
looked in the folder and it only had the single ico file that Spybot
detected. "That's strange", I thought. An ico file is
just an icon and isn't dangerous. I did a search
in Google. I typed in "spyware emusic" and the first hit was Spybot
S&D Home page. They added Emusic
just two days ago. It turns out that this was a harmless icon file that
was added to my system when I re-installed Windows with the HP operating
system disks. In other words "FALSE ALARM". It was
probably just part of an ad campaign from HP. It's been on my PC for years
and I never knew it. Even if I had found a full blown copy of Emusic, it
turns out that Emusic isn't really such a bad guy. They just hang around
with the wrong crowd and they don't always ask you if you want to install
them. Thank you Mr. Spybot for keeping me on my toes. I would rather deal
with false alarms than the real thing. It's very important to keep your
defender programs updated and scan with them on a regular basis.
Spybot
S&D - Quote from the website
UPDATES
2004-12-01
Adware
+ DealHelper
Dialer
+ Axis
Hijacker
+ CoolWWWSearch.BadZoneMap + CoolWWWSearch.AboutBlank (2) + ShopAtHome + WOW Access + Crackspider + MyTotalSearchBar + Flashtrack Flashenhancer + CleverIEHooker.Jeired
Keylogger
+ Plog 1.1
Malware
+ AV Devil + Nirsoft + Web CPR-TopMoxie
Spyware
+ emusic + eZula Hot Text + n-Case (2) + SplashSpot + VX2.Favoriteman + HuntBar + Serial Thief + ProAgent 1.21 + WildMedia + AdRoarPlugin + CallingHome.biz
Trojan
+ C2 Media Ltd + W32.Bagle.AV + Windows AdTools + Hammer Binder Update + E-Gold + Comload + Klorin + Tequila Bandita 1.2 (2) + KStealth + Password Devil + FTP Center 1.3 + Spyblocs + BTV
Adware
+ DealHelper
Dialer
+ Axis
Hijacker
+ CoolWWWSearch.BadZoneMap + CoolWWWSearch.AboutBlank (2) + ShopAtHome + WOW Access + Crackspider + MyTotalSearchBar + Flashtrack Flashenhancer + CleverIEHooker.Jeired
Keylogger
+ Plog 1.1
Malware
+ AV Devil + Nirsoft + Web CPR-TopMoxie
Spyware
+ emusic + eZula Hot Text + n-Case (2) + SplashSpot + VX2.Favoriteman + HuntBar + Serial Thief + ProAgent 1.21 + WildMedia + AdRoarPlugin + CallingHome.biz
Trojan
+ C2 Media Ltd + W32.Bagle.AV + Windows AdTools + Hammer Binder Update + E-Gold + Comload + Klorin + Tequila Bandita 1.2 (2) + KStealth + Password Devil + FTP Center 1.3 + Spyblocs + BTV