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| Virus Found On Go 910 |
 Nov 8 2006, 11:40
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I had the wierest thing happen to me..
I just got my hands on a tomtom go 910 and when first connecting it to my laptop (with Mcafee current defs) it detected a virus in the autorun file. When running a backup (using the tomtom home software) it also found a virus in a file called "copy" and a file called "host". Nothing else was found. Unfortunatly mcafee deleted the files. Does anyone know what these files are for? Any way to replace them? |
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Nov 8 2006, 13:47
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Does McAfee keep log files, it might tell you what virus it thought was there, and is it really deleted or moved to a secure backup?
Is this a new 910 or second hand, the files might not be tomtom`s own, if they are part of the OS then just download a new copy 
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Nov 8 2006, 23:29
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QUOTE (Jolly Roger @ Nov 8 2006, 23:47)  Does McAfee keep log files, it might tell you what virus it thought was there, and is it really deleted or moved to a secure backup? Is this a new 910 or second hand, the files might not be tomtom`s own, if they are part of the OS then just download a new copy I looked for a log file and can't find anything. I even looked at event viewer. It was really deleted - nothing is in quaranteen. Supposed to be a new 910 but I get the impression based on the box condiition that it was opened perhaps by the store (maybe as a demo). The unit is in A1 condition so I don't really mind.. It has just the virus that has got me worried.. I did run the upgrade (which looks like included the firmware upgrade) avalable via tomtom home and it all appears to work ok. Does anyone have a autorun in the root drive, copy and host file (I think the copy and host files were in sub directories but not totally sure? on their 910 ? Thanks so much!!!!! This post has been edited by chrisk: Nov 8 2006, 23:30 |
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Dec 11 2006, 07:02
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Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 11/12/2006 |
QUOTE (chrisk @ Nov 8 2006, 23:29) QUOTE (Jolly Roger @ Nov 8 2006, 23:47) Does McAfee keep log files, it might tell you what virus it thought was there, and is it really deleted or moved to a secure backup? Is this a new 910 or second hand, the files might not be tomtom`s own, if they are part of the OS then just download a new copy I looked for a log file and can't find anything. I even looked at event viewer. It was really deleted - nothing is in quaranteen. Supposed to be a new 910 but I get the impression based on the box condiition that it was opened perhaps by the store (maybe as a demo). The unit is in A1 condition so I don't really mind.. It has just the virus that has got me worried.. I did run the upgrade (which looks like included the firmware upgrade) avalable via tomtom home and it all appears to work ok. Does anyone have a autorun in the root drive, copy and host file (I think the copy and host files were in sub directories but not totally sure? on their 910 ? Thanks so much!!!!! Yes, I too found copy.exe and host.exe on the 910's NEW hard drive, right out of a new sealed box, and when attempting to backup the 910's contents, my antivirus alerted me to two viruses, W32/Perlovga.A.1 and TR/Drop.Small.qp/ Not really sure what copy and host do, other than possibly autorun files to start the home software perhaps. I am going to try to phone TomTom tomorrow and ask what's with the viruses. I bet they deny that they're there! Lbolen |
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