Malware on your web page ?

[FatFreddy44]

On the Firefox Environment Backup Extension page;
http://softwarebychuck.com/febe/Welcome%20pages/FEBE8welcome.html

Is a link for a Free Scan For Hidden PC Errors;
http://www.liutilities.com/affcb/?id=RBgen&aff=8825&xat=softwarebychuckRBfebeafterdl

When I downloaded the program, Norton Anti-virus Quarantined the program.
Here is a copy of the Norton report;


Filename: speedupmypc.exe
Threat name: WS.Reputation.1
Full Path: c:\users\fred\downloads\speedupmypc.exe

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Details
Unknown Community Usage, Unknown Age, Risk Medium





Origin
Downloaded from
http://files.uniblue.com/cm/general/speedupmypc/rblitrafficdp/setup/speedupmypc.exe





Activity
Actions performed: Actions performed: 1



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On computers as of
Not Available


Last Used
1/19/2015 at 5:37:50 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.

Medium
This file risk is medium.

Threat type: Insight Network Threat. There are many indications that this file is untrustworthy and therefore not safe



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http://files.uniblue.com/cm/general/speedupmypc/rblitrafficdp/setup/speedupmypc.exe

Downloaded File speedupmypc.exe Threat name: WS.Reputation.1
from uniblue.com

Source: External Media



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File Actions

File: c:\users\fred\downloads\ speedupmypc.exe Removed
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
2db46367cb3aa85ef7d1a9b493ef1f344f0590b6c378623ca7bd60c7007c0a68
File Thumbprint - MD5:
Not available

[FatFreddy44]

One more thing. When I previewed my post, the link for the Free Scan did not display. I had to turn off the parse option.

[cbaker_admin]

Thanks for the info. The file you are talking about is a third-party program from the company Uniblue. While I use some of their products, I can't vouch for all of them. I doubt that this program is a true virus, but more what may be considered a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program).

Uniblue has been around for many years (and, in fact, is a Microsoft Partner). If they were really distributing malware and viruses, they would no longer be in business.

[FatFreddy44]

Hi there. All I can tell you is what happen. And since the file was Quarantined by Norton Anti-virus . . . .
Can you contact them to let them know? The last few months, a lot of web sites were hacked.