Hello all, I've downloaded a "patch" recently for a software and I've used an online site which has all major anti-virus scanner software installed and performs test in their own controlled environment. The test shows that out of 20 anti-virus softwares only AVG deemed it to be a virus namely Generic5.OFF Trojan.
I have noticed that right after using the patch I was under a silent spyware attack and I didn't discover it until the socketcltX.ocx error message came up on my Windows XP screen. I confirmed this to be a spyware attack because after getting this error, I performed a scan with spybot and a spyware was found hiding a bunch of dll files inside C:\windows directory.
It does sound very suspecious but do you guys think that this patch is really a virus? Or do you guys think that it's just coincidence? When I launched the patch everything looks normal and it looked like a regular software.
I have noticed that right after using the patch I was under a silent spyware attack and I didn't discover it until the socketcltX.ocx error message came up on my Windows XP screen. I confirmed this to be a spyware attack because after getting this error, I performed a scan with spybot and a spyware was found hiding a bunch of dll files inside C:\windows directory.
It does sound very suspecious but do you guys think that this patch is really a virus? Or do you guys think that it's just coincidence? When I launched the patch everything looks normal and it looked like a regular software.