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on another note, mcafee seem to think a .reg file doesn’t make changes to the registry, i guess the smart people at mcafee don’t understand what a .reg file is, lol, this is the very reason i hold no respect for mcafee.
this is for another file thats hosted here.
Quote:842d1154091813-y-messenger-8-0-multi-patch-multipleyahoo.zipIn our tests, this download was free of adware, spyware and other potentially unwanted programs.
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How does it modify my system?We did not test what changes 842d1154091813-y-messenger-8-0-multi-patch-multipleyahoo.zip made to our system.
We did not test what changes 842d1154091813-y-messenger-8-0-multi-patch-multipleyahoo.zip made to the system registry.
The following file system modifications were detected:
multiyahoo.reg
Ok, im sure you may have noticed they moved it from a class 3 possible trojan to a class 7 virus (god knows why) and i decided to contact them again and explained how a programming language uses the registry in this case Delphi, i admit i did in a very sarcastic way (they don’t seem to understand why the registry was created in the first place) and got the following reply.
Hello Dermot,
This site has been queued for a full retest. Please note that any change (if warranted) may take up to 8 weeks to reflect. We thank you for your continued patience.
Sincerely,
Vengadavan
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McAfee SiteAdvisorThanks for jumping through McAfee’s effing hoops, Dermot.
Sorry about the bother, but some folks rely on stuff like that to steer them away from the malicious sites.
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