http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/05/sav-false-positive-in-blindman-exe/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:04:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/05/sav-false-positive-in-blindman-exe/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Roger Thu, 31 May 2007 20:45:50 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/05/sav-false-positive-in-blindman-exe/#comment-149 Symantec's announcement came in an email. Not sure which subscription this is, it looks like a release notification email: -----Original Message----- From: symalert@symantec.com [mailto:symalert@symantec.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:12 PM To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Symantec Security Response will post LiveUpdate virus definitions today, May 30, 2007 PDT This posting is in response to a false positive detection on the file blindman.exe, part of the Spybot Search & Destroy application. This FP was first released in the 5/30/2007 rev.20 Intelligent Updater and LiveUpdate definitions, and was corrected from Rapid Release definitions #69173. An additional message will be sent approximately 30 minutes before the LiveUpdate virus definitions are available for download. ---------- For additional information, visit our website at <a href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com" rel="nofollow">http://securityresponse.symantec.com</a> The SANS Internet Storm Center has now posted about this issue as well. <a href="http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2897" rel="nofollow">http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2897</a> Symantec’s announcement came in an email. Not sure which subscription this is, it looks like a release notification email:
—–Original Message—–
From: symalert@symantec.com [mailto:symalert@symantec.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 9:12 PM
To: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Symantec Security Response will post LiveUpdate virus definitions today, May 30, 2007 PDT
This posting is in response to a false positive detection on the file
blindman.exe, part of the Spybot Search & Destroy application. This FP was
first released in the 5/30/2007 rev.20 Intelligent Updater and LiveUpdate
definitions, and was corrected from Rapid Release definitions #69173. An
additional message will be sent approximately 30 minutes before the
LiveUpdate virus definitions are available for download.
———-
For additional information, visit our website at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com
The SANS Internet Storm Center has now posted about this issue as well.
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2897

]]> http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/05/sav-false-positive-in-blindman-exe/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Robert Thu, 31 May 2007 14:03:39 +0000 http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/05/sav-false-positive-in-blindman-exe/#comment-148 Hey, it would be nice if you linked to the Symantec accouncement. You are the only place I can find this information on the web. I can find no reference to this @ symantec at all. I sure WANT to believe you but can you attribute your sources? Hey, it would be nice if you linked to the Symantec accouncement. You are the only place I can find this information on the web. I can find no reference to this @ symantec at all. I sure WANT to believe you but can you attribute your sources?

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