DOCUMENT:Q195035  03-NOV-1998  [mspress]
TITLE   :False Virus Report in Hitchhiker's Guide to VB & SQL Server
PRODUCT :Microsoft Press
PROD/VER:
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server, 4th, 5th, 6th Edition

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SYMPTOMS
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If you have installed Network Associates, Inc. VirusScan version 3.2.0
(3108) for Microsoft Windows NT and you scan all of the files on the
companion CD-ROM for viruses, you may receive the following message
regarding several executable files on the CD-ROM:

   KNOWN TROJAN (No Remover Available)

The affected files are:

   DBGrid Help files\Dbghelp.exe

   \DBGrid Help files\Dbghlp.exe

   \True DBGrid Standard - 16bit\Tdbgs16.exe

   \True DBGrid Standard - 16bit\Tdbgsx16.exe

   \True DBGrid Standard - 32bit\Tdbgs32.exe

   \True DBGrid Standard - 32bit\Tdbgsx32.exe

The default location for these files is

   \Software\Apex DBGrid\Apex DBGrid from 4th Edition\<folder name>

where <folder name> is the folder listed above with the file name.

NOTE: The folder structure will differ slightly depending on which edition
of the Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server you have.

CAUSE
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Microsoft and Network Associates Software have confirmed that this error
message is false. There is no trojan horse, virus, or other destructive
code in these programs.

RESOLUTION
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Network Associates, Inc. reports that this problem can be resolved by
deleting the file Trojans.dat which installs with VirusScan. By default,
this file is located at:

   C:\Program Files\Network Associates\NetShield NT\Trojans.dat

After this file is deleted and VirusScan is restarted, the false positive
will no longer occur.

MORE INFORMATION
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Network Associates has repackaged this product to eliminate this problem.
For more information about Network Associates, Inc., the McAfee Virus
Research Department, and other virus information, access the Network
Associates web site at http://www.nai.com/vinfo/.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors
independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.

Additional query words: ms_press vb40 vb50 vb60 1-57231-848-1 1-57231-567-9
1-55615-906-4
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Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

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