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What is "Unofficial"??
schefner


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:59 am Reply with quote
My scan results show a lot of infections identified as "unofficial" for example "Worm.Bagle.8.Zippwd.Unofficial". What does this mean?

thank you
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Theoracle117


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:08 am Reply with quote
unofficial means that the application is not made by a certified company, but alot of the times, this does not mean its a virus. Go to virustotal.com and upload those files and if they are recognized as viruses, then you should delete them.

hope this helps!
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GuitarBob


Joined: 09 Jul 2006
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Location: USA
Post Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:17 am Reply with quote
A detection is now labeled as "unofficial" if it is based on a "homemade" signature--not on a signature prepared by the Clam team. Evidently you have some such signatures if Clam/ClamWin says a detection is "unofficial." No problem--they are still good--provided you did a good job when you prepared the sig.

Regards,
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schefner


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Post Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:29 pm Reply with quote
Great, thanks for the info.

Steve.
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