after reinstalling pc guard (virgin media) i did a virus scan only to find a virus in my f drive (cd drive). After closer inspection I found it was apprently in F:\setup.jar file.
I wouldn't of thought this was possible as the game is an original.
The virus defination came up avsdk.msi
If this is possible how can I get rid of it? If this is not a virus what has caused this to happen?
2007-05-03 04:15:43 · 11 answers · asked by andy r 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
stop using substandard, crappy anti virus. Pay for a decent one. McAfee or Symantec are only £15 on ebay and they work properly.
2007-05-03 04:19:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
As the content of a CD can not be changed, it is impossible for a virus to infect a CD after it was created. While it is very very rare, there have been a handful of cases were CDs were made with a virus on them. You did not give the game, so I can not see if it was one of the handful of CDs infected.
It is more likely that you are getting a "false postitive". Virus scanners working by looking in files for certain word and letter combination that are know to be found in different viruses. Sometimes they will find one of those word combinations appearing randomly in an uninfected file. The virus scanner will report it, but it is a false reading.
As there is no way to clean the CD, the only thing you can do is virus scan your PC. If it is a true virus, it will find and clean it on your PC. If it is a false positive, then it will not find it on your PC.
If I have to guess, I would vote for false positive.
2007-05-03 11:26:06 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not a virus, a CD cannot get infected once it has been burned. I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. AVG does not slow the system down as much as some other products and Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from the following link. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ On the home page select downloads and then the appropriate category.I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps.
2007-05-03 11:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to PC Magazine, it's possible for viruses to be on "original" discss your programs came on. After all, they were written by humans on their computers, which may not have been secure and the infected files could get distributed with the rest of the normal files.
On the same note, if you're not sure, get another virus program, or get someone with a different one from yours, to scan the disk.
2007-05-03 11:41:12 · answer #4 · answered by Phat MD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try quarantining it with your AV and see if the game is affected, since you can re-install it. You can also put the cd in the drive, right click on the drive icon and select 'scan with' then choose your anti virus and anti spyware.
It could be a falso positive as has been said; some anti spyware programs flag updater componants as spyware.
The file does seems to exist in other games;
http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=set_linear_mode&forum=133&page=&topic_id=1648&prev_page=show_topic
2007-05-03 12:29:47 · answer #5 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is highly unlikely, but possible. One time somebody that worked for Acer America slipped a boot sector virus on the Installation CD and they had to do a massive recall. But I wouldn't worry about it unless your computer starts to act crazy or run really slow. One thing you could do is call the company and ask them if it is supposed to be there. If they say no, then FedEx the CD to them so they can see it for themselves.
2007-05-03 12:05:32 · answer #6 · answered by computerexpert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT possible for a virus to get onto an original CD. The antivirus program has picked the file up wrongly to be a virus. It doesn't necessarily mean that the antivirus software is bad as lots of antivirus software have their own issues.
2007-05-03 11:26:16 · answer #7 · answered by wizardryuk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take the disk out when you scan, as some anti viruses see external applications as viruses.
2007-05-03 11:31:16 · answer #8 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO my friend but maybe you surf internet a lot and you may have entered some websites having virus,spywares. If you have a Original CD,DVD there is no chanse for virus...But Pirated CDS Mostly have ....
Thankz,
SHOKHATRI
2007-05-03 11:25:44 · answer #9 · answered by shokhatri 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No a CD-ROM is read-only and cannot be written to and therefore cannot catch a virus.
2007-05-03 11:27:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋