I just got a new computer and configured it. I want to run Boot Racer (http://www.greatis.com/bootracer/) but I get a warning NOT to d/l the file?
False Positive?
Message was edited by: ispalten on 5/11/14 3:33:34 PM CDTHi ispalten,
Try uploading the zip file (without extracting) to VirusTotal and post the Output link here to proceed further.
OK, took it down. Went to VIRUSTOTAL.COM and uploaded it. Got this:
Hmm, link for last analysis is https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6edfe482d03691fc08c87c86e543d952248e6a7eaa0d203a78690ff697323b31/...
Analysis date: 2014-05-11 20:57:06 UTC ( 1 hour, 4 minutes ago )
I just took it down and I got the same as above? McAfee shows 0 and updated today?
I assume it IS safe?
VirusTotal report for the zip file HERE : 0/52 (Clean, but ClamAV and Symantec rate it Suspicious/Unwanted)
The zip file contents are packed, which gives anything to be analysed an immediate warning flag.
Extracting the msi file inside the zipped folder took much longer than I would have expected.
VirusTotal report for the msi file is HERE - 0/52 (Clean, but same reservations as above).
Note that a clean VirusTotal report is not a guarantee that the object scanned is 100% safe. Malware authors tweak their code to get it through VirusTotal.
I too saw the download warning. Did you see the SiteAdvisor warning for the site download page?
Yes, I did see the warning for the D/L page too:
So it is or isn't it OK? Not sure I even want to UNZIP it but I don't see anything else in the ZIP file.
BTW, all links off this thread are 'bad'? They all look like this or something like it?
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Why? I'm using Firefox and tried under IE 11 as well, the same?
Now this is INTERESTING...
Went here --> http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/bootracer.html
I d/l'ed the file, NO WARNINGS? File is on my hard drive now:
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K:\Inet DL>dir bootr*
Volume in drive K is Disk_K
Volume Serial Number is 0F0B-10C0
Directory of K:\Inet DL
05/11/14 08:29 PM 4,669,510 bootracer_free(1).zip
05/11/14 05:53 PM 4,669,510 bootracer_free.zip
2 File(s) 9,339,020 bytes
0 Dir(s) 773,401,133,056 bytes free
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The (1) file is from Major Geeks, the one at 5:53PM is from the author's site? They appear to be identical? Why doesn't McAfee pick the one up from Major Geeks as a problem?
I started searching more on BOOTRACER. Looks like there are some uninstall issues with the program. Stuff is left behind in the registry. Programs like WinPatrol find them and warn the used. Have to edit the registry to clean the program off from your hard drive completely. Saw a link about McAfee having a hard time with BootRacer as well. Hmm....
I tried following this up and can confirm that there's no problem with downloading from the MajorGeeks site. The problem may be with something else attempting to download from the original site (I suspect an iframe is involved) but it could be that SiteAdvisor is throwing up a false alert. I can't check more because links from these pages are being broken by a failure somewhere in sa-live.com, which won't get fixed for a day or two.
OK, that is good news if it is the site itself causing the problem. As I posted above I did get the warning for the D/L as well, the file itself, not the site sending it to me which I also got a warning for? It is the file from that site that McAfee thinks is bad it seems. However I compared the two from that site and Major Geeks and the size is the same? Viewing the ZIP contents in both show only 1 MSI file.
I'll wait further word from you though. I've seen reports on the web that uninstalling this program still leaves some parts on the system. Requires a registry edit.
The problem I had with SA-LIVE is that it usually timed out and it could not load the page, but it did work a few times.
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