I've attempted to download McAfee Stinger Portable ver 12.1.0.992 twice since it was uploaded 7-14-14. Both times, my Norton 360 killed it immediately saying:
Filename: zofj9gxt.exe.part
Threat name: Suspicious.Cloud.9
Full Path: c:\users\ (local directory)
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Details
Unknown Community Usage, Unknown Age, Risk High
Origin
Downloaded from
http://softlayer-dal.dl.sourceforge.net/project/portableapps/McAfee Stinger Portable/McAfeeStingerPortable_12.1.0.992_English_online.paf.exe
Activity
Actions performed: Actions performed: 1
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On computers as of
Not Available
Last Used
7/16/2014 at 1:27:17 PM
Startup Item
No
Launched
No
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Unknown
It is unknown how many users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Unknown
This file release is currently not known.
High
This file risk is high.
Threat type: Heuristic Virus. Detection of a threat based on malware heuristics.
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http://softlayer-dal.dl.sourceforge.net/project/portableapps/McAfee Stinger Portable/McAfeeStingerPortable_12.1.0.992_English_online.paf.exe
Downloaded File zofj9gxt.exe.part Threat name: Suspicious.Cloud.9
from sourceforge.net
Source: External Media
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File Actions
File: c:\users\ (local directory) zofj9gxt.exe.part Removed
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
fe66a12f69bb2bb9d9653014d07efbf147be9abbba18dc4bb6982801e98fe902
File Thumbprint - MD5:
Not available
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As shown on VirusTotal, it's clean in all engines including Norton: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/fe66a12f69bb2bb9d9653014d07efbf147be9...
If you have heuristics enabled in Norton (aka 'guessing' about viruses), it will have all kind of false positives like this. You can inform Norton of their error by submitting a false positive report to them.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Thanks, John - I couldn't download the portable app, as Norton killed it on sight. AND ALSO: The plan vanilla McAfee Stinger downloaded directly from McAfee says it is a 'standalone utility'.
See
http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/stinger.aspx
Does this mean the direct-from McAfee stinger32.ext will run as a portable app from a thumbdrive? If so, is there any reason to get a 'portable app' version of this product?
It runs without being installed, but it leaves multiple bits behind on the local machine, so it's not portable.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
John
I don't know if you can assist or not, but since I had the difficulty (above) with McAfee Stinger, and never was able to get the download past my Norton 360 security software, on at least THREE independent occasions separated by many days SOMETHING on my computer has downloaded the file:
mcafeestingerportable_12.1.0.992_english_online.paf.exe
to my PC's download area - without my visiting PortableApps.com, without my visiting or attempting to download the product, without my visiting McAfee..... The file just shows up on my computer. My computer continues to score 'clean' when I scan it using Norton and stand-alone non-memory versions of MalwareBytes and Emisoft Emergency Kit. I have not 'run' McAfee during any of this period.
Any ideas?
thanks, in advance -
None of our software is configured to use the local 'Download' area at all, so it wouldn't be the PA.c Platform or updater.
Since Norton messed with you earlier, it could be Norton.
Or it could be because Norton interrupted the download within your browser's download manager. In that case, it may be trying to resume the broken download each time and Norton is interfering each time. You can likely resolve it by clearing everything out of your download history.
Other than that, it could be reopening the tab in your browser to make the download as well.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!