DesktopX Widgets - "Malicious Script"
Monday, September 13, 2004 by TunieV | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I looked for a possible answer to this problem here but did not find one. I recently purchased DesktopX and downloaded some widgets. Some work fine but others (such as Weather.exe) causes my Norton Internet Security to kick in and say that my computer has been halted due to a malicious script. I feel pretty confident that this is not malicious, but want to make sure it's okay to let the script run - I would imagine this script needs to access some weather place somewhere in order to display the weather conditions.... just checking to make sure! If any one can advise, if would be appreciated.
CygnusXII
Reply #2 Monday, September 13, 2004 7:58 PM
Reply #2 Monday, September 13, 2004 7:58 PM
more than likely what is happening is that since the scripted item must check a site for it's information and do so on a regular basis, and unattended, that can be construed as malicious behaviour, when a generality is used. Norton err's on the side of caution, rather than being comprehensive in its' database of trusted applications.
Frogboy
Reply #3 Monday, September 13, 2004 8:32 PM
Reply #3 Monday, September 13, 2004 8:32 PM
Some virus scanners say that about any VB script being run on your computer. It's pretty lazy programming on the part of the virus scanner.
TunieV
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:23 AM
Reply #4 Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:23 AM
Thanks for the help! I figured what Cygnus said is what the deal was but just wanted to make sure. Probably is laziness on Norton's part but I will say it has caught a number of viruses for me, so I'm glad I have it installed! I get 300-350 spam and junk e-mails a day with all kinds of virus attachments so I can't be without it!
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
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Reply #1 Monday, September 13, 2004 7:38 PM