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Forum Thread: Insecure
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Problems and Questions Regarding 3rd Party Programs
| Horatio
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by Horatio on 5th Dec, 2008 03:05, last edited on 5th Dec, 2008 03:06
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User Since: 10th May, 2008
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My scan shows that there is an insecure program styled:Symantec Norton Antivirus 2006 12.0.5.3.It is said to be in d: drive and there are names given placing it about 9 folders deep starting with I386\APPS.....
and so on ending in navapsvc.exe
My operating drive is C:
When I click on the folder icon at the right side in your program to have a look at it there is a pop-up box from "Windows" telling me that the folder does not exist.
A "doggie" search for any or all of the file name brings nothing.
I don't understand how your scan comes up with this as being on my computer.Any help would be appreciated.
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| azkidd69
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by azkidd69 on 6th Dec, 2008 08:23
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D:/I386 huh? Sounds to me like your computer probably came installed with Norton antivirus and it is on the recovery partition. It could possibly be in a zip folder ( although I am not sure if Secunia checks in zip files) You will probably have to manually get there using the command prompt, or possibly with windows explorer. THe trick is, don't type the full path, but actually drill down to the file folder by folder.
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| tridom
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by tridom on 6th Dec, 2008 14:35
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Hi Horatio,
Check out this link http://forums.asp.net/t/1123373.aspx
It seems Windows has some troubles with file structures more than 255 characters long. |
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| Horatio
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by Horatio on 6th Dec, 2008 18:44, last edited on 6th Dec, 2008 18:44
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Ref reply from azkidd69--Thank you for your reply and suggestion.
The recovery partition is the D drive and what is there was put on by a tech after a crash.We bought Norton Antivirus at same time as machine about two years ago and Webroot Spy Sweeper and both were installed by the big box store seller.
In a doggie search on all drives for I386 there turned up 25 files.All of them were on C drive and not came anywhere close to what Secunia showed.As well all of them had at least one folder listed after the drive letter and before the I386.
Please check also my reply to other responder coming shortly and thanks again.
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| Horatio
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by Horatio on 6th Dec, 2008 19:14
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Ref. reply to tridom
Thank you for your reply and the suggestions.Please see my reply to azkidd69 for info and the following.
The format on the D drive is FATS and on the regular everyday C drive is NTFS.I am not expert enough to feel comfortable digging around in the registry or in the recovery area to make any changes although I have gone places for a look and not to touch.
Should another crash occur and I have had two,I would be turning it back to the tech who placed that data on the D drive for her to find what she needs there.
Meanwhile--I can comment that I have had to keep Symantec/Norton and Webroot/Spy Sweeper out of each others hair.Each program grows and offers more and more all the time and they are definitely competing.
The Norton has at least 8 folders and hundreds of files.Until I stopped the automatic updates it was literally taking over my machine ecery 15 minutes to "check for updates"Even now there is a pop-up about two or three times a day for updates that are waiting which are about 90% virus definitions.They also change other things and I am convinced that they prepare my system for what expanded services that they might offer free right away or that they hope to sell to me down the road.
If I did succeed in getting into the D drive and found the referenced file I wouldn't be confident about what procedure to follow to make it secure to resolve Secunia's issue and still leave the backup functioning properly if it was required.
Since a search doesn't turn up anything in any drive even using the first one or two folders off the root I think that it is probably part of an old program that has been replaced and that I am safe in ignoring it for now.Thank you again. |
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