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Is my XP Pro CD genuine?
XP Pro SP2 factory sealed full version, installed on my desktop, with code,
validated by WGA as authentic. BUT, I'm trying to create a slipstream w/SP3 to recover my laptop. In copying the Setup Disc to my local HD, McAfee detects a trojan in i386\SVCPACK\update.exe which is not MS but Igor Pavlov version 4.14.0.0 7z Self-Extract Setup dated Sunday, July 05, 2009, 11:12:56 AM. McAfee identifies the trojan as generic!bg.ixy. I have had no problems with this PC, install, or validation, updates, etc. but this seems bogus to me. Please advise. Thanks |
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Is my XP Pro CD genuine?
Ajg617 wrote:
XP Pro SP2 factory sealed full version, installed on my desktop, with code, validated by WGA as authentic. BUT, I'm trying to create a slipstream w/SP3 to recover my laptop. In copying the Setup Disc to my local HD, McAfee detects a trojan in i386\SVCPACK\update.exe which is not MS but Igor Pavlov version 4.14.0.0 7z Self-Extract Setup dated Sunday, July 05, 2009, 11:12:56 AM. McAfee identifies the trojan as generic!bg.ixy. I have had no problems with this PC, install, or validation, updates, etc. but this seems bogus to me. Please advise. Thanks Drop McAfee -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Is my XP Pro CD genuine?
Love to but it's free. Just surprised to see Pavlov's stuff on a legit MS XP
disc. "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Ajg617 wrote: XP Pro SP2 factory sealed full version, installed on my desktop, with code, validated by WGA as authentic. BUT, I'm trying to create a slipstream w/SP3 to recover my laptop. In copying the Setup Disc to my local HD, McAfee detects a trojan in i386\SVCPACK\update.exe which is not MS but Igor Pavlov version 4.14.0.0 7z Self-Extract Setup dated Sunday, July 05, 2009, 11:12:56 AM. McAfee identifies the trojan as generic!bg.ixy. I have had no problems with this PC, install, or validation, updates, etc. but this seems bogus to me. Please advise. Thanks Drop McAfee -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html . |
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Is my XP Pro CD genuine?
Ajg617 wrote:
XP Pro SP2 factory sealed full version, installed on my desktop, with code, validated by WGA as authentic. BUT, I'm trying to create a slipstream w/SP3 to recover my laptop. In copying the Setup Disc to my local HD, McAfee detects a trojan in i386\SVCPACK\update.exe which is not MS but Igor Pavlov version 4.14.0.0 7z Self-Extract Setup dated Sunday, July 05, 2009, 11:12:56 AM. McAfee identifies the trojan as generic!bg.ixy. I have had no problems with this PC, install, or validation, updates, etc. but this seems bogus to me. Please advise Shenan Stanley wrote: Drop McAfee Ajg617 wrote: Love to but it's free. Just surprised to see Pavlov's stuff on a legit MS XP disc. McAfee is free through your ISP or something - but there are many other free, less intrusive, better all around antgivirus applications out there. Drop McAfee. Get Avira AntiVir if you need an alternative: http://www.free-av.de/en/trialpay_do...antivirus.html If McAfee is the full suite of products (antivirus, antimalware and firewall, etc) - definitely drop it. Use Avira (above, free), the built in (free) Windows firewall and do occassional scans with MalwareBytes (free.) Likely you are getting a false positive - and it is not the first nor is it likely the last - from McAfee. Don't like Avira? AVG Antivirus is free. Avast! Antivirus is free. There are lots of free applications out there that do a better job than McAfee. ;-) Pretty much any application you list - there is likely a free alternative that is almost as good, is as good or is better out there. Even the 'cost' ones that are really good are often fairly inexpensive. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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