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tangrene March 24th, 2006 01:02 AM

Bearshare Pro new update with W32.licum alerts?
 
Hi, did any of you also find yourBearshare Pro /Norton Antivirus alerts saying that there was a W32.licum worm stopped? I ...against my better judgement decided to go ahead and install the (auto) downloaded update I did NOT ask for. B-4 doing so...I complained to Bearshare Pro that I did not like them forcing a download on me. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/newthr...ad&forumid=70#
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/newthr...ad&forumid=70#

I was probably a little more concerned than usual because of this...so I searched their so called help forum to see if there was anyone screaming of problems with the new update. Nothing noted...so I carefully installed the update on my dime...doing all the things a good PC user does...turn off all programs Except Antivirus and Firewall and spybot, Spyguard, etc. LOL Immediately upon restarting Bearshare Pro...I got the alerts you mentioned...And since I had indeed the intention to download files I went ahead and said OK...still more and more alerts...while checking my antivirus settings for Bearshare I got a w32.licum worm event...and well you can figure the rest. I did the appropriate things while cussing and then spent a few nights locking firewall anytime I was not in front of screen. Did the reading...then email to Bearshare. This was 3/6/2006. They emailed back...said there was a response at said link to their forum...but said link shows no questions or answers for my incident. Well this problem with thier "forum" has gone on and on...and well I finally got another email tonight...and they simply sent me a link to a Bearshare Pro Installer. Nothing to indicate that they actually understood my concern...nothing to indicate this was a known problem or nothing. SOOOO I have spent a few hours searching for anyone complaining of this same problem. It took some time but I see that I am not alone. My security is pretty tight here...my only risky behaviour is the occasional night downloading some music video's. I watch closely the size of the files...and since music videos are usually 35+ I don't see problems with viruses/worms. Now IF there is someway someone is able to put a worm into a music video?? I'm not one to just go complain...I do the searchs and reading first to see if there is an answer out there and usually I find it and solve problems on my own...but all I found is some folks complaing about the "beta" or new update crashing their computers. This is not the problem here...or maybe it would have been had I left the program up to run. Once I uninstalled the new update...ran a good check of security/ports/Dcom settings, etc...I reinstalled my OLD version and all is well so far...however I have not let it run for long since I just am being extra careful just in case there was a serious problem with the guys running Bearshare. Any info you have concerning this is appreciated. Like I told Bearshare....I have done alot of beta testing these last 15+ years...but I did so with a clear knowledge that I was running a beta program and paid close attention to what interacted with what. But I DO NOT want to Beta test Bearshare Pro cause access to a good forum/database is no longer supported. Hope this little description helps others looking for same problems.

AaronWalkhouse March 24th, 2006 03:05 AM

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It looks like a false positive by Norton.
They don't make that mistake very often.

Regarding recent versions of BearShare:
Sticky: BearShare has been sabotaged.

tangrene March 24th, 2006 09:04 AM

re:
 
HUMMM, not sure what to think about that info. Now why in the world wouldn't Bearshare Pro's tech support not tell me that they thought it was a false positive? Instead I have spent alot of time obsessing about how in the world a worm got past my defenses.

As you mentioned...it is rare for Nortons to give a false positve. I have been using Norton products for 15+ years and this is the first. So I'm off to see the wizard....LOL

Thanks for the info...but still going to obsess about this till I am sure there is almost no holes for a worm to get thru.


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