Virus Encountered

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-15-2008, 07:24 AM

I downloaded WU data and my AV went crazy..

File name: wudata_06.chk
Malware name: Nutcracker family
Type: Virus/Worm

For now im closing down the app and waiting for someone to respond, is this just my AV been overprotective. Its never happened with folding..
Ive quarantined F@H so the app wont make any activity..
So respond fast plz..

**koala** · 05-15-2008, 07:43 AM

Very likely a false positive, nothing to worry about.

This sometimes happens with F@H files if you're using Avast antivirus which uses the "Nutcracker Family" tag to mistakenly identify an infection.

You could try scanning with another AV or an online scanner, but this is a known problem with false positives. IF F@H WUs were really infected, there would have been a massive outcry by now.

**Aus_Karlos** · 05-15-2008, 07:51 AM

Thanks Kola but its not uncommon for viruses to hide in an incoming connection, and i have Avast so its most possible a false alarm..

**Glaswegian** · 05-15-2008, 02:22 PM

And it's an old one...

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=17999.0

some other comments

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.ph...t+virus#p11476

http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.ph..._06.chk#p20061

05-15-2008, 07:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 1,786 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit My System	Virus Encountered I downloaded WU data and my AV went crazy.. File name: wudata_06.chk Malware name: Nutcracker family Type: Virus/Worm For now im closing down the app and waiting for someone to respond, is this just my AV been overprotective. Its never happened with folding.. Ive quarantined F@H so the app wont make any activity.. So respond fast plz.. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Crysis Tweak

05-15-2008, 07:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 9,136 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: Virus Encountered Very likely a false positive, nothing to worry about. This sometimes happens with F@H files if you're using Avast antivirus which uses the "Nutcracker Family" tag to mistakenly identify an infection. You could try scanning with another AV or an online scanner, but this is a known problem with false positives. IF F@H WUs were really infected, there would have been a massive outcry by now. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

05-15-2008, 07:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Mentor, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 1,786 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit My System	Re: Virus Encountered Thanks Kola but its not uncommon for viruses to hide in an incoming connection, and i have Avast so its most possible a false alarm.. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Crysis Tweak

05-15-2008, 02:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Glaswegian Moderator/ Rangemaster TSF Academy; Analyst, Security Team; Oor Wullie; TSF Surgeon and Resident Comic Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Glasgow Posts: 21,329 OS: Win XP Pro SP3 My System Blog Entries: 10	Re: Virus Encountered And it's an old one... http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=17999.0 some other comments http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.ph...t+virus#p11476 http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.ph..._06.chk#p20061 __________________ Iain - Defender of the Haggis and all things Scottish. I don't help by PM - post in the Forums. Ad-Aware::SpywareBlaster::SpyBot::SpywareGuard::SnoopFree::AVG Free::HOSTS File::HijackThis::Donate::5 Steps For Infected PCs