Win32/VMalum.BXRF ?? [False detection in CA signatures]

Wow your brave.

I barely trust msn. Let alone their beta versions.

 

cool

seems to be problem solved then! back to work : )

 

lol, i hate beta versions, but I feel a bit suicidal today.
Children, dont do that at home

 

YAY everything AOK

Restarted computer, tested msn-all works fine (little bit slow though).

I suppose i better watch the end of the cricket (looks like India has won ) then go to bed.

Thanks to all who helped figure this problem out. Have a good day/night.

 

It's happening with VET antivirus too. So not just CA.

 

Bloody Computers

Hi, just had same problem. I have CA and xp pro. thought this may help
http://www.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=41829

Good luck

 

I am running on XP with Kaspersky anti-virus which does not pick up on this virus, i have scan most folders and it does not detect it. However I was chatting to someone now who said that Messenger told them I was trying to send a virus to them.

I'm using Windows Live 8.5.1

 

Hi All
Would someone that is still infected run a Decker System Scan and post the log.

Please download Deckard's System Scanner (dss.exe) and save it to your Desktop.
Note: You must be logged onto an account with administrator privileges to complete the following.

• Close all other windows before proceeding.
• Double-click on dss.exe and follow the prompts.
• When it has finished, dss will open two Notepads main.txt and extra.txt -- please copy and then paste the contents of main.txt and extra.txt in your next reply.

Thanks
Geri

 

Read my lips:

this report win32/vmalum does not indicate the detection of a virus merely detection of "suspicious" behaviour by CAs heuristics.

 

ca false antivirus warning re. MSN Messenger

I just called CA and they are aware of the problem - the tech told me to ignore the warning and proceed to use MSN messenger. They are going to post a fix for the problem sometime today Tuesday March 4th . . .

 

Win32/VMalum.BXRF & INI/Helpud.CL

Hi all,

After updating the virus definitions in CA Antivirus this evening the real time scanner detected INI/Helpud.CL in the Desktop.ini file in old backed up profile folders that were stored on the hard drive.

eg: D:\Documents and Settings\XX\My Documents\XX\XX old profile\XX\My Documents\My Pictures\

It did this to every old profile I had stored on the hard drives of the two pc’s on my home network that were running CA 2007 that had automatically updated the virus definitions (one of my pc's had 4 old profiles so it quarantined 4 Desktop.ini files).

It then detected Win32/VMalum.BXRF in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe and quarantined the exe.

On one of the pc's I uninstalled CA and installed AVG Free and ran a full scan and it didn’t detect anything. Also ran http://housecall.trendmicro.com/au/ and it also detected nothing.

Definitely seems like CA is detecting it as a false positive, we'll just have to sit and wait for them to resolve it today (or overnight for those of us in Australia)

 

Same problem

We also have a computer with CA and just got the virus message. Clicking on the virus name Win32/VMalum.BXRF under Infection takes you to the CA site that has no information about this virus.
"No results were found for your search. "

If it was really a virus you would think that the CA software would remove it or at least have an option to remove it.

Just logged into MSN messenger and it hung and then CA quarantined the file.
Guess we'll have to download the new version too.

 

Having same problem with CA & msnmsgr.exe being picked up as infected with this Win32/VMalum.BXRF. I d/l MSN Live again but CA again picked up the msnmsgr.exe filed as bing infected. I can't open MSN Live. Looking for help to get this straightened out & MSN Live running again! Thanks.

 

Apart from getting msnmsgr.exe infected, I got C:\System Volume Information\_restore{A857AD0D-11AA-4BC9-8299-36B218EC8101}\RP23\A0005265.exe infected by the same Win32/VMalum.BXRF virus

(I use CA Antivirus)

 

Win32/VMalum.BXRF

I am having the same problem here...won't let me log on to msn without updating messenger, which i don't even use but do have installed. I called the msn support line and got some foreign lady i couldn't understand telling me to give her my credit card number and she would fix the problem
I use Zone Alarm and it's found the Win32/VMalum BXRF virus and spyware but can't get rid of it on it's own

 

just lovely

I have the same ****. MSN was trashed. I deleted it. 2 files put up a fight but all I had to do was create a new folder, move them, and then I was able to finish deleting(referring to all MSN Messenger files). Now of course... it has been found in the
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{A857AD0D-11AA-4BC9-8299-36B218EC8101}\RP23\A0005265.exe
as well. My boss was curious if I had done something to cause this. Pray for a cure!

 

Almost the same...

I did the same... uninstalled my msn.

I do too have a "thread" (is it one finally?) in my system volume information/restore files. Only the numbers are differents. The file is actually in quarantine of Ez Antivirus (think is CA). But when I scan, cannot see anything wrong.

I didn't do nothing to cause this... I shut off my pc for one hour or two, log back and this!!

Thanks



New info:

Now I have an alert for a .ini file in my system volume information, restore file...

Getting worried...

 

Win32/VMalum.BXRF

I also have CA Anti virus and after reading the posts on here, i called Ca directly. This is not actually a virus. This is a software issue Ca is having with the anti virus. I was told the problem would be fixed by the next signature update, within the next 24 hours.

 

that would make sence

I sure as Hell hope they get their bugs straight before it costs me my job! I didn't do it but of course I got blamed! Grrrrrrr