Is Daemon Tools Lite A Virus

[Billi Plancarte]

theprogram that is supposedly infected is Daemontools which is a program that's been around since forever and it's been a long time but i'm sure i downloaded it from the official site, but maybe i got phished? i'm not a noob, so could be false positive? idk, but to be safe i wanted to delete the files anyway.

the other is in c:\documents and settings\me\dtlite.exe which is system folder and could only find by showing system files in windows explorer, but that directory is still inacessible. so how do i delete that one? and is it something i should be concerned with in the first place?

File infecting viruses, or file infectors, generally copy their code onto executable programs such as .COM and .EXE files. Most file infectors simply replicate and spread, but some inadvertently damage host programs. There are also file infectors that overwrite host files. Some file infectors carry payloads that range from the highly destructive, such as hard drive formatting, or the benign, such as the display of messages.

Please post a screenshot where ESET flagged the software as ransomware. I'd rather expect it to be detected as a potentially unwanted application. Moreover, the detection name comes from another AV maker as itman pointed out.

and in settings i have "cleaning level" set to "always ask the end user" because i don't want it automatically deleting stuff that is safe, like it's done to me in the past, but yeah it would be the normal pop-up telling me it's detected a potentially unwated program but in the dialog there's no option to clean or delete. i guess at that point i would have to do a manual scan to be able to have the option to clean or delete? (sorry i can't get screen shot, i already manually deleted file)

wow, that's crazy. i have, and i'm sure lots of other people, have been using that program for prob 20+ years. i wonder why all of a sudden they would turn a legit program into malware. seems strange. well thanks for the info.

oh i just re-read your reply it didn't actually get detected as ransomware, i believe it was unwanted application, it was when i looked up MSIL\AVBDiscsoft.a somewhere it said that that was used in ransomware attacks

I downloaded Daemon tools from the official site (the first one that comes up in google, its www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads) and when I clicked the download link Norton said that the site I was downloading the exe from was a known malicious site (something like soft24.com). It was talking about the mirror that was actually serving the file.

Unfortunately anti-virus software is not the smartest piece of software out there, and is really an annoyance to most Super Users. Although anti-virus software is necessary for keeping your PC safe, the user must realize that all "threats" it detects may not really be a threat. Daemon tools is a safe piece of software and is used by many.

I have a virus from this address:MAILER...@fipsab01a.cogeco.netand the total number of messages is enourmous. I moved them to Trash directly but how do I get rid of this?I checked all the folders by using Norton. (import/export/tools EML) but what should I do to solve this issue.Thank you

ORSomeone is abusing your email address and just spamming a load of email addresses in the hope that it gets through.You would not have known about it unless you got a mailer-daemon message.Your contacts may have received weird emails thinkng it was from you.Delete the messages.Tell your contacts about the abuse and tell them to never reply to such emails.Use a signature on your emails and tell contacts that a genuine email from you will have the signature.

if it is a spam, how can I get rid of it? I receive a message on every 2-3 sec. I did not send messages to emails that are not valid. Should I contact the internet provider maybe they can fix this issue?

I downloaded this program straight from mta's website. I am an advanced user so I know that this file was downloaded from a safe source. I also know that this machine is not infected in any other way. Why in the heck is this file being reported as a worm? The only thing I can think of is that Grisoft changed their heriousitics and being a serveradmin tool it thinks it is a bad guy. WTF is going on? Has anyone else run into this? I was not using mtaserveradmin at the time, i actually havent touched gta or mta in 6 months, it has just been installed sitting there.

Yeah I got the same thing, I ignored it. Like the dev's said before, MTA hacks into GTA's memory addresses, so its bound to have anti-virus scanners make false positives about it. Although I believe they were talking about the client, not the server... O_o

oh yeah, us random people are all together trying to spam you with viruses, MTA Admin Tool will be used for funny things and eventually your pc will die. Same with daemon tools, you can't even imagine what it's doing when being in tray!!! Scary things. And huh, Exit turning it off? never.

Well, the MTA team is well respected and so is the community. If they were going to do something like this I am sure they would have done it a long time ago. And Virus programs don't usually help anyway. . . and if you are so paranoid, do not do transactions over the internet. Or the phone. Or anything but in person. Oh know my phone is tapped the US government is stealing my credit card info!! AHH!

ok,listen. i tried to download something (not related to MTA) and i got a trojan horse. i put it in the virus vault and then emptied it. if u had a trojan horse then emptied the vault and u planned on filling a job application afterwards. would you?

Almost all of us have received a mailer daemon message at one or more points in our lives. It is an indicative response generated if an email fails to get delivered. The mailer-daemon message also has an attachment describing the reason for the delivery failure.

A mailer daemon automates the management of undeliverable emails, sending failure reports to the sender's inbox with explanations. It retries delivery for days and sends a final report. This tool keeps users informed on email status, aiding effective communication.

When it fails to deliver the message to the destined inbox, it sends a message to your inbox stating the failure and its cause. Usually, these messages come from an address that looks like this - MAILER...@XYZcompany.com.

Email error codes hold critical information about delivery failures. These codes help pinpoint why an email wasn't successfully delivered, ranging from a simple typo in the recipient address to more severe issues like unauthorized access.

Mailer-daemon spam is the endless list of mailer-daemon failure notice email messages that reach your inbox because of the possibility that spammers have forged your email address or used your compromised email password for spam blast.

The spammers collect any email addresses they can find from all over the internet. But, the odds of these addresses being misspelled, wrong, invalid, deactivated, old, or even fake are extremely high. The spammers use any email address in their database to send a spam blast to these email IDs in their database. The mailer-daemon generates an error message for each of the invalid addresses and sends them back to the sender.

Next, change your email password or seek assistance from your mailbox provider to help you do the same.Always ensure that you log in with the new password only after you have scanned and removed the virus. Otherwise, the virus can get your new password as soon as you key it in, and the process will continue.

It is important to point out that you might receive the mailer-daemon failure messages for a few more days as the servers finish delivering the messages, but you can always delete them until they stop automatically.If you are a victim of mailer-daemon spam, we recommend informing your mail contacts about the same and informing them about any suspicious activity initiated from your email address. Always remember, that every link in a virus chain is important!

Paying attention to what pages you visit, what links you open, and what you download always ensures your safety from unwanted spam attacks. While you might be busy browsing, you can end up being prey to data snoopers, hackers, and spammers.

When a mail server receives an email from one of its users, the server checks to ensure that the sender's domain is a real domain - if the domain name does not resolve, the message is rejected with the "Sender Address Rejected" error.

Give your computer a thorough antivirus scan. There is a chance that malware or a keylogger has infiltrated your system, granting the attacker entry to your email. Conducting an antivirus scan may uncover and eliminate any harmful software.

How to fix daemon.exe related problems?

1. Run Security Task Manager to check your daemon process

2. Run Windows Repair Tool to repair daemon.exe related Windows Errors

3. Run MalwareBytes to remove persistent malware

A virtual CD/DVD manager, the Virtual Daemon Manager allows you to mount a virtual optic drive so that you can utilize a disk image as if it is running from a physical drive. Daemon.exe runs in the background and detects any iso file accessed through Windows Explorer. It allows the file to be double-clicked and opened as if it was a true physical drive. Daemon Tools is distributed by Disc Soft Ltd. and supported by Microsoft. Founded in 2005, Disc Soft's primary products are various Daemon software versions.

If you want a detailed security rating about your daemon.exe (and all other running background processes) read the following user opinions, and download the free trial version of Security Task Manager.

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