Re: is the machine compromised?
- From: Ghostrider <-00-@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:51:11 -0700
H. S. wrote:
My friend brought to my notice a warning window she got on her XP SP2 laptop, fully updated, while browsing Baba Farid University, India, web site:
http://www.babafariduniv.com
The warning was from Symantec Antivirus, updated, about VBS.Redlof.A virus. The antivus reported that a file had been quarantined.
I was wondering, is this worrying? From symantec website, it looks that the virus could spread via infected web sites. So, the web site is infected(?) Also, since the antivus was successful in removing the infected file, should the computer be thoroughly checked to verify the various registry entries the vius is supposed to alter? The laptop also runs Spybot Teatimer. It did not report any registry changes at that time.
Finally, what should be done to handle this if the web site is indeed infected? I sent an emial to a contact address given on the web site but obtained no response.
thanks,
->HS
Contacting the webmaster is about all that can be done in a
situation like this, other than maintaining virus definitions
current.
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