[WT-support] McAfee Attacking Win-Test?

[Hal Offutt]

Thanks, Bob!

That did it.  As usual, you are the guy with the answers.

Odd that it just suddenly happened after all these years with no problems.

73, Hal W1NN


On 12/12/2017 12:43 PM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> Hal,
>
> Please see this link 
> <http://docs.win-test.com/wiki/FAQ:Problems_Registering_and_Running#My_virus_scanner_reports_that_Win-Test_is_a_virus.21> 
> in the Win-Test FAQ.
>
> Rest assured you can instruct McAfee to restore Win-Test and add an 
> exclusion.  Instructions here 
> <https://service.mcafee.com/webcenter/portal/cp/home/articleview;jsessionid=D4BIzxXS1_SmyeWchsG4i8h29qPqdsRP9Bb6leI5rLHSJAqAAi1T%21854777885%211633732872?locale=en-US&articleId=TS101944&_afrLoop=822474875783929#%21%40%40%3F_afrLoop%3D822474875783929%26articleId%3DTS101944%26centerWidth%3D100%2525%26leftWidth%3D0%2525%26locale%3Den-US%26rightWidth%3D0%2525%26showFooter%3Dfalse%26showHeader%3Dfalse%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D152r8wyzaq_4> and 
> here <http://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-exceptions-mcafee-69566.html>.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Hal Offutt 
> <hal at japancorporateresearch.com 
> <mailto:hal at japancorporateresearch.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     Something strange just happened with Win-Test.
>
>     I had WT open and was just about to create log files for the
>     just-ended ARRL 10M contest.  Suddenly I got a notice from McAfee
>     saying that it had isolated a virus called Real
>     Protect-SS!FA464A3BE006.  Then Win-Test closed.  I clicked on the
>     shortcut to open Win-Test again and got a message saying
>     WinTest.exe has been deleted, the short-cut doesn't work and do I
>     want to delete the shortcut?  The Gateway laptop in question is
>     running Windows 7.
>
>     I checked McAfee's security history and found this entry:
>
>     quote
>
>     Virus or Threat Found:
>
>     Threat Name:  Real Protect-SS!FA464A3BE006
>
>     Status:  Quarantined
>
>     Scan-type:  Real Time
>
>     We found one or several threats on your PC
>
>     Threat Name:  Real-Protect-SS!FA464A3BE006
>
>     Process:  c:\Program Files (x86)\win-test\wt.exe
>
>     unquote
>
>     It sounds like McAfee has falsely identified WT as a virus.  If I
>     go to McAfee's quarantined items page, I can select win.ini and
>     restore it.  Should I do this and will this solve the issue?
>
>     I've been using both WT and McAfee for many years and have never
>     seen anything like this.  Anyone else had this problem?
>
>     73, Hal W1NN/JA
>
>
>
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