Worm in phone tools?

XS11E wrote:
> XS11E <xs11e@mailinator.com> wrote:
>
>> "Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What I find REALLY odd is that on the Motorola forum no one has
>>> ever heard of Version 5.
>> Correct. I searched Best Buy's site and they do NOT have Version
>> 5, they are expecting it soon and are accepting orders for it.
>>
>> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....&st=Motorola+P
>> hone+tools+5.0&type=product&id=1200702767026
>>
>> Or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/5qcrn3
>
> OOOOOPS, my bad, they are NOT accepting orders but you can add it to
> your wish list.
>
> Anyway, it's certainly a mystery! A Google search shows it's available
> from Warez sites so... Where exactly did Best Buy get whatever they
> sold you?
>
Hard to say...Sometimes we get things on the left coast before others
do. That includes software and diseases.

--
Dave T.


"Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." - Ralph
Marston

Craig wrote:
> Dave T. wrote:
>> TeddyBare wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote in message
>>> news:16fMj.1327$7Z2.1181@newssvr12.news.prodigy.ne t...
>>>> I just bought phone tools v. 5.0 to use with my Razr v3, and prior
>>>> to installation I scanned the disk and found that a worm named
>>>> "worm.win32.autorun.k" was on the disk. Obviously, I didn't install
>>>> the program. Kaspersky calls this a "High Risk" item.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know how or why this would be there, or is this a
>>>> false-positive?
>>>> --
>>>> Dave T.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
>>>> best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." -
>>>> Ralph Marston
>>>
>>>
>>> The Best Buy in Ogden, UT has been notified and they are looking into
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Have you contacted the store you bought it from about it as they will
>>> want to know so they can take action.
>>
>> Not certain at this point what to do. I get absolutely no response
>> from Motorola, but they are famous for that.
>>
>> I scanned the file at Virusscan.jotti and virustotal, and only one or
>> two engines threw up a flag on each of them, and they all warned of a
>> different piece of malware. I am beginning to feel that it is a
>> false-positive, but paranoia has me in it's grip. d8(>
>>
>> What I find REALLY odd is that on the Motorola forum no one has ever
>> heard of Version 5.
>>
>
> Dave;
>
> I took a look at my MPT (version 4.5.6a August 07) and found a file
> named MPT_TEST_info.exe (marked as version 3.1.1.0). I submitted it to
> jotti and it came back clean, no malware alerts whatsoever. The md5
> hash on the file is: c9345168269bf47b722a92f22f321beb.
>
> Interestingly, MPT_TEST_info is compiled by AutoIt
> <http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/compiled.html>. The author of
> autoit talks about getting false positives pretty regularly. He's
> asked that anyone who gets a false positive to follow up w/the developer
> and to feel free to drop him a line as well...
> <http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/compiled.html> (the contact linky
> is busted but here's one that works:
> <http://www.autoitscript.com/email_us.shtml>
>
> Fwiw, I've used bvrp's MPT for a few years now and find the quality &
> flexibility of the s/w to be seriously lacking. I don't use Outlook nor
> Lotus Notes so the whole experience has been... kludgy. The support's
> been ok for me but it just adds to this feeling that my data is being
> managed by a black box. Because of my experience w/MPT, my next choice
> of phones will depend on an open source project being available to
> support it. Either that or, at the very least the "semi-open" S60 OS.
>
> g'luck & please keep us up-to-date
>
> -Craig
>

My ver. of that app is 3.2.4.9. Based on your info, I'm going to do a
fresh clone and then go ahead and try to install it. My paranoia is
based on the simple fact that I am that guy you may have heard of who
thinks that Vista is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Miles more
stable than XP. One year this month, and not even a small problem. I
guess I just want to be very careful not to screw it up because I do a
lot of audio work with Audacity software.

I'm not looking to do a lot with MPT. Basically all I really want is to
back up contacts and upload photos. Do you experience any difficulties
with that?

--
Dave T.


"Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." - Ralph
Marston

TeddyBare wrote:
>
>
> "Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote in message
> news:16fMj.1327$7Z2.1181@newssvr12.news.prodigy.ne t...
>> I just bought phone tools v. 5.0 to use with my Razr v3, and prior to
>> installation I scanned the disk and found that a worm named
>> "worm.win32.autorun.k" was on the disk. Obviously, I didn't install
>> the program. Kaspersky calls this a "High Risk" item.
>>
>> Anyone know how or why this would be there, or is this a false-positive?
>> --
>> Dave T.
>>
>>
>> "Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
>> best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." - Ralph
>> Marston
>
>
> The Best Buy in Ogden, UT has been notified and they are looking into it.
>
> Have you contacted the store you bought it from about it as they will
> want to know so they can take action.


That's probably the best way for me to go since I can't get any response
from Motorola. To be fair, I think this is a 3rd party app simply
marketed by Motorola, but they are the ones who have to take the heat.
Anyone recall a little news item about electronic picture frames?

--
Dave T.


"Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." - Ralph
Marston

Dave T. wrote:
> Craig wrote:
>> Dave T. wrote:
>>> TeddyBare wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:16fMj.1327$7Z2.1181@newssvr12.news.prodigy.ne t...
>>>>> I just bought phone tools v. 5.0 to use with my Razr v3, and prior
>>>>> to installation I scanned the disk and found that a worm named
>>>>> "worm.win32.autorun.k" was on the disk. Obviously, I didn't install
>>>>> the program. Kaspersky calls this a "High Risk" item.
>>>>
>>>> Have you contacted the store you bought it from about it as they
>>>> will want to know so they can take action.
>>>
>>> Not certain at this point what to do. I get absolutely no response
>>> from Motorola, but they are famous for that.
>>>
>>> I scanned the file at Virusscan.jotti and virustotal, and only one or
>>> two engines threw up a flag on each of them, and they all warned of a
>>> different piece of malware. I am beginning to feel that it is a
>>> false-positive, but paranoia has me in it's grip. d8(>
>>>
>>> What I find REALLY odd is that on the Motorola forum no one has ever
>>> heard of Version 5.
>>>
>>
>> Dave;
>>
>> I took a look at my MPT (version 4.5.6a August 07) and found a file
>> named MPT_TEST_info.exe (marked as version 3.1.1.0). I submitted it
>> to jotti and it came back clean, no malware alerts whatsoever. The
>> md5 hash on the file is: c9345168269bf47b722a92f22f321beb.
>>
>> Interestingly, MPT_TEST_info is compiled by AutoIt
>> <http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/compiled.html>.
>>
>> Fwiw, I've used bvrp's MPT for a few years now and find the quality &
>> flexibility of the s/w to be seriously lacking.
>
> ...I am that guy you may have heard of who
> thinks that Vista is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Damn! I'd heard of that legendary (& solitary) guy but I never thought
I'd meet him! <grin>

>
> I'm not looking to do a lot with MPT. Basically all I really want is to
> back up contacts and upload photos. Do you experience any difficulties
> with that?
>

You ought to be fine. I wander into the weeds when I start expecting
data portability for my calendaring...

hth,
-Craig

"Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote in message
news:THyNj.4000$vF.1245@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net ...
> TeddyBare wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Dave T." <davey@MyPlace.net> wrote in message
>> news:16fMj.1327$7Z2.1181@newssvr12.news.prodigy.ne t...
>>> I just bought phone tools v. 5.0 to use with my Razr v3, and prior to
>>> installation I scanned the disk and found that a worm named
>>> "worm.win32.autorun.k" was on the disk. Obviously, I didn't install the
>>> program. Kaspersky calls this a "High Risk" item.
>>>
>>> Anyone know how or why this would be there, or is this a false-positive?
>>> --
>>> Dave T.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Your attitude serves as a lens through which you see life, and it's
>>> best when that lens is focused on the positive possibilities." - Ralph
>>> Marston
>>
>>
>> The Best Buy in Ogden, UT has been notified and they are looking into it.
>>
>> Have you contacted the store you bought it from about it as they will
>> want to know so they can take action.
>
>
> That's probably the best way for me to go since I can't get any response
> from Motorola. To be fair, I think this is a 3rd party app simply marketed
> by Motorola, but they are the ones who have to take the heat. Anyone
> recall a little news item about electronic picture frames?
>
> --
> Dave T.
>
Here's a link to the actual software manufacturer's support forums:
http://www.bvrpforums.com/motorola/