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by ravioli187 - 6/12/09 9:03 AM

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Adware on download.com

by ravioli187 - 6/12/09 9:03 AM

My anti-virus program Symantec Anti-Virus found adware: Adware.Rabio in the file for WhiteBoard v2.2 downloaded from link below
http://download.cnet.com/WhiteBoard/3000-2206_4-10562113.html?tag=mncol

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I've reported his.

by MarkFlax

- 6/12/09 12:59 PM In reply to: Adware on download.com by ravioli187

You're right.

I downloaded the file myself and my AVG found nothing, but when I uploaded the file to VirusScan.org for checking, 3 of the anti-malware utilities they checked with came up with an adware, variously named Rabio.

Full details here;

http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/9a31b7e7b41cb1dded07bfcafb084c997d3b2d50

I've reported this to the Forum Admin, for onward transmission to the CNET.Download team for checking.

Thanks for your report.

Mark

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UPDATE: Adware confirmed!

by Lee Koo (ADMIN)

- 6/23/09 9:03 AM In reply to: Adware on download.com by ravioli187

Thanks for reporting this. The Download team found adware in the title and has removed the listing from our site.

Thank you again for reporting this!

Cheers!
-Lee
CNET Community

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