False Virus Report in Hitchhiker's Guide to VB & SQL Server (195035)
The information in this article applies to:
- MSPRESS Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server, 4th Edition ISBN 1-55615-906-4
- MSPRESS Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server, 5th Edition ISBN 1-57231-567-9
- MSPRESS Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server, 6th Edition ISBN 1-57231-848-1
This article was previously published under Q195035 SYMPTOMS
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
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
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.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 1/7/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB195035 |
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