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    Question Anyone Seen This

    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?

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    http://securityresponse.symantec.com....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.

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

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    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....39921@mm.html

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    Thumbs up Found it

    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'

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    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

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    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?
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    Didn't Infect

    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.

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    Re: Didn't Infect

    Originally posted here 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).


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