RE: winad.exe and winad-update.exe

From: Jensenne Roculan (jroculanat_private)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 13:30:18 PDT

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    Hi there,
    
    WinAd
    http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=99236
    
    It is an Adware program and is neither a virus or a trojan.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Jensenne Roculan
    SecurityFocus - http://www.securityfocus.com
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    On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 PNIXONat_private wrote:
    
    > I saw these this morning.  McAfee caught them as WinAd.A and WinAd.B
    >
    > No information available through their site.
    >
    > Patrick Nixon
    > Network Engineer
    > City of Somerville
    > Information Technology
    > pnixon @ ci . somerville . ma . us
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Mike Shaw [mailto:mshawat_private]
    > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 2:45 PM
    > To: INCIDENTSat_private
    > Subject: winad.exe and winad-update.exe
    >
    >
    > Anyone ever heard of these?  Norton is calling them "backdoor.trojan" and
    > quarantining them.  They don't appear to be coming in via email.
    >
    > -Mike
    >
    >
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