McAfee VirusScan False Positive
February 13, 2007
Since the release of Wireshark 0.99.5, several users
that McAfee VirusScan detected adware
(Adware-Softomate.dll) in the version of WinPcap that comes with the
Wireshark installer. The WinPcap project has been receiving similar
reports.
McAfee has confirmed that this is a false positive:
Thank you for submitting your suspicious file. Our Senior Virus Research
Engineers have examined the file in question and no virus was found.
Solution -
Attached is an extra.dat with correct detection. This correction will be
included in the next DAT update.
[ DAT file instructions deleted ]
Warm Regards,
[ Name witheld ]
Virus Researcher
McAfee Avert Labs - Bangalore
