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Public Information Film Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Reporters Without Borders. History Talk 0. A False Positive is when a file is incorrectly detected as harmful, usually because its code or behavior resembles known harmful programs.

A False Positive will usually be fixed in a subsequent database update without any action needed on your part. If you wish, you may also:. First check if your F-Secure security program is using the latest detection database updates , then try scanning the file again. After checking, if you still believe the file is incorrectly detected, you can submit a sample of it for re-analysis. NOTE If the file was moved to quarantine , you need to collect the file from quarantine before you can submit it.

If you are certain that the file is safe and want to continue using it, you can exclude it from further scanning by the F-Secure security product. Note You need administrative rights to change the settings. Find the latest advice in our Community. See the user guide for your product on the Help Center. Chat with or call an expert for help. On some systems the worm is able to self-launch itself when an infected email is viewed for example, with Outlook and IE 5. To do this the worm uses a known vulnerability in IE that allows execution of an email attachment.

First infections were located early on the morning of 26th of October, The worm part contains a hidden message targeted towards anti-virus researchers. Most email clients will not show this message.

It looks like this:. The Klez worm copies itself to root directories of local and network drives with a random name and with double extension, such as. D appeared in the wild on 11th of November, Until now the record for prevalence was held by the LoveBug worm, which reached an infection rate of 1 in 28 emails at its peak in The email attachment by which SoBig.

F propagates can have various names, e. Unsuspecting users who click on the attachment launch its malicious payload. Spoofing the address in this way makes tracing the true originator of the email practically impossible. F is exploiting a fundamental feature of email, which is intended to make it easy to use.

Like previous versions of the virus, SoBig. F also uses a built-in email sending system, so only users who monitor their network traffic will be aware that the worm is active on their computer.

Wignall says SoBig. Both contain executable code, just like. To date, worms that hide in. But even if.