Posted January 04, 2012
I am wondering why Norton tells me this every time I start Desura, and should I worry.
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grounddown77
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hedwards
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Posted January 04, 2012
Probably a false positive based upon behavior. From the look of it that DLL is being flagged as a suspicious cloud, which isn't a particular malware type that I've ever heard of. Some types of apps are regularly being flagged. Emulators often get flagged as key loggers because the behavior is similar to how keyloggers sniff out keystrokes.
grounddown77
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Posted January 04, 2012
Ahh thank you! I suspected it was nothing serious but I prefer to have A second opinion or even 3rd opinion before I tell my Virus scanner to relax on said program. Thanks for the quick reply
Post edited January 04, 2012 by grounddown77
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Posted January 04, 2012
You could try checking with several other virus scanners to see if they respond as well, if it really concerns you. You can get a free scanner from AVG, and try a program like TFC to see if it catches something. You could also try re-instillation or updating if possible. But as Hedwards has stated, it may be a false positive, especially if this is a fairly recent event. There has been a history of scanners reacting to iTunes for example. But it is always worth investigating with more than one method.
grounddown77
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Posted January 04, 2012
Maybe I'll try it with my Malwarebytes. I am thinking it is a false positive. But if I was writing a virus program I would write it to make users think it is not what it seems too.