An exploit in msie java virtual machine???
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 10:22 pm
Posted by MILES STONE
(267 messages posted)
While running ad-aware 6.18 today, before finishing the scan, the screen notified
me that a virus was found and instructed me to scan my computer a.s.a.p. with my
antiviral program avg.exe. I run this daily anyway, just later in the day automatically.
After the ad-aware scan finished, I updated definitions for the AVG viral scan began.
By the way, the ad-ware scan told me the virus or trjan horse name was Java\ByteVerifyand
it was infecting the following program: c:\program files\lavasoft\ad-aware6\cache\counter.class.
After scanning with my updated AVG scan, no such virus or trojan was found. I repeated
the Ad-aware scan and got the same notice of this infection. I did some research
on the web and another few people have experienced the same thing. Apparently, this
is not really a virus or trojan yet, but indicates an exploit in the msie java virtual
machine that needs a patch or it could easily be a vulnerable site for exploitation
on the web. I found no easy cures other than stay current with microsofts' updates
which I do and nothing more. Can I remove from msie its java virtual machine, since
I'm using Java runtime environment 1.5? Would this help? Please help if you have
any advice or suggestions as we all might be at risk without a program pointing this
out!! I know there are many other holes in win xp to facilitate exploitatation but
ignorance is sure bliss. Thank you all for any remedies or added security you may
add to this problem I'm eminded of everytime I run ad-aware.
Sincerely,
Miles
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