RE: Kaspersky strikes again

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

It seems to me that signature testing should also include making sure that
system files and common application files are never flagged as
malware.......
 
Testing can also be speeded up, by running tests in parallel in a farm of
testing computers.
 
Richard

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From: Larry Seltzer [mailto:Larry () larryseltzer com] 
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:46 AM
To: Richard M. Smith; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] Kaspersky strikes again


I remember years ago writing about the speed of updates necessary now for
a/v vendors, and how kaspersky talked about how they do it hourly. It
basically makes it impossible to do meaningful tests.
Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
 <http://security.eweek.com/> http://security.eweek.com/
 <http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/>
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry.seltzer () ziffdavisenterprise com

 

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Richard M. Smith
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:11 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Kaspersky strikes again


Kaspersky false alarm quarantines Windows Explorer
Accidents will happen
 
By
<blocked::http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2007/12/20/
kaspersky_false_alarm/> John Leyden 
20 Dec 2007 17:00
 
<blocked::http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/12/20/kaspersky_false_alarm/
> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/12/20/kaspersky_false_alarm/

A faulty signature update from Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday flagged up Windows
Explorer (explorer.exe) as infected with a low-risk virus, Huhk-C. As a
result the core Windows component was quarantined or worse.

Kaspersky released a revised update alongside advice on how to recover
legitimate system and application files from quarantine (the default
setting) within two hours. But that's not much consolation for users that
had set their software to auto-delete infected files, who found themselves
with hosed systems.

Among those affected was Reg reader Carl. "A false positive caused the
deletion of explorer.exe.," he reports. "It would have only caused problems
for companies performing their network scan during the hours that the dodgy
update was present - which included me, unfortunately. I was working out of
hours to fix the previous Kaspersky update problem. I finally finished
sorting it all at 5am.".

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