GAIM w/AdWare?

[movieman]

I just ran a scan with Norton's and it shows:

Adware.BargainBuddy

I am running 1.14

Anyone else find this?

Richard

 

[Gurck]

As usual I've been being lazy and still am using 1.13. That would suck if the gaim coders sold out 🙁

 

[movieman]

The following was found after downloading the newest files today from Norton:

1.1.0.exe
1.1.4.exe
gaim-uninst.exe
uninst.exe

Link to the adware :

BargainBuddy

 

[randomlinh]

you sure it's from gaim?

 

[movieman]

Yes, sorry...the actual files say like :

gain-1.1.0 and so on...they link to the downloads on my system for GAIM

 

[randomlinh]

sounds like something hijacked your download.. or something existing on your comp, or norton is giving some false positive. I get nothing from adaware on it.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: movieman
Yes, sorry...the actual files say like :

gain-1.1.0 and so on...they link to the downloads on my system for GAIM

Isn't there a piece of spyware called gain? I don't think it has anything to do with gaim...

If you think there's spyware, check the source. It's readily available under the GPL (IIRC).

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: movieman
Yes, sorry...the actual files say like :

gain-1.1.0 and so on...they link to the downloads on my system for GAIM

Isn't there a piece of spyware called gain? I don't think it has anything to do with gaim...

If you think there's spyware, check the source. It's readily available under the GPL (IIRC).

ah, didn't even notice he put gain and not gaim... i really should wear my glasses when i'm tired..

 

[movieman]

MY FAULT --- that gain was a typo...all the threats link directly to GAIM --- no mistake....

 

[mechBgon]

If your computer's infested with that BargainBuddy junk, I'd suggest trying the Microsoft AntiSpyware beta software, and run the full-meal-deal scan, not just the Quick Scan. Also, ensure that Norton Antivirus is set to scan within compressed files (both on the real-time protection and the manual scanner) and to use maximum heuristics (bloodhound).

 

[ubercaffeinated]

I think its just NAVs newest heuristics list. I got that too with Azureus.exe and it's related uninstall.exe which I KNOW to be clean (been using latest version since release, so 88 days or so running). Weird stuff. I'll call false alarm on this one for now.