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Name:Eyes Virus Hoax
Alias: WinEyes
Description:
This is a common false alarm,
created by a 'joke' program, which displays a set of eyes on Windows screen.
We've received several samples of EYES.EXE and WINEYES.EXE, but they have never
been harmful so far.
This kind of hoax is different
from the traditional e-mail chain letter hoaxes, such as Good
Times, since several innocent programs have received lots of publicity
lately as they have been accused of being trojans or viruses.
Naturally, whenever any program
is declared clean, there's a risk that somebody will take the file and infect it
- since people will now trust it. To overcome this problem, you can verify the
files against the 32-bit CRC's of the confirmed clean versions.
One confirmed-clean version of
EYES.EXE has the following CRCs as displayed by PKUNZIP:
Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Attr Name
------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- -------- ---- ----
54048 DeflatX 9157 84% :42 ba2cda0b --w- EYES.EXE
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