PRB: False Report of Trojan Horse Virus in Colchng.Exe

ID: Q245761

The information in this article applies to:

MSDN Library October 99

SYMPTOMS

Customers running Norton AntiVirus 2000 Version 6.0 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 are receiving a false report of a Trojan horse virus in the file Colchng.exe when trying to install the MSDN Library - October 1999.

CAUSE

Symantec Corp., the publisher of Norton AntiVirus, has confirmed that this is a false report.

RESOLUTION

An update to the Norton AntiVirus definition set that fixes this problem is available to customers on the publisher's Web site.

MORE INFORMATION

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REFERENCES

Symantec Corp.'s Norton AntiVirus Web page is located at:

http://www.norton.com/nav/

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Keywords : kbHTMLHelp kbMSDN kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools
Version : WINDOWS:October 99
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb