Anyone Seen This

[chrisr]

Norton has just detected a 'w32.Magistr.39' virus. I have been searching on google and have yet to find info on it specifically. Does anyone know about this one? :eek:

[mohaughn]

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.magistr.39921@mm.html

It is usually best to look for virus information on the webpage of the vendor you are using as different vendors call virii by different names.

[r3b00+]

Tried searching myself but couldnt find any documentation specific to this worm.
Check out Symantecs virus encyclopedia
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html/

Rgrds

r3b00+

[nebulus200]

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99199

Very good place for looking for virus descriptions:

http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/default.asp

Neb

[sumdumguy]

i don't know about the .39 portion of that but if you searched google with just w32.Magistr
you would of seen quite a few links.. one of them being to 'w32.Magistr.39921@mm which is a variant of W32.Magistr.24876@mm.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.magistr.39921@mm.html

[chrisr]

Thanks for all the quick responses. I did find it on the symantec virus encyclopedia. I guess the remainder of the filename was cut off when reading from the Norton quarantine window. The full name is 'W32.Magistr.39921@mm'

[sumdumguy]

damn.. look at that.. 4 responses in the 10 minutes or so since the first post .. lol
and i thought i had gotten mine i first.. hehehe

[scoobs108]

your best bet is to go round all the good av companys site,they always have listings of viruse.or try the wild list.

this is the info e-trust site has on it:

http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/Virus.asp?ID=6076

were u able to clear it? and what AV were u using. just curious? :) :)

[chrisr]

I am not sure how it happened but the virus didn't infect the machine or spread. Somehow NAV got it before it did its business. :)

[DjM]

Originally posted here (http://www.AntiOnline.com/showthread.php?threadid=#post) by chrisr
I am not sure how it happened but the virus didn't infect the machine or spread. Somehow NAV got it before it did its business. :)


Ah....Chrisr....That's what an Anti-Virus program is suppose to do. Make sure you keep your definition files up-to-date (at least weekly).


Cheers: