Unrar.DLL - malware?

[Sentinel]

I have a question. I have been using an app called SpyEraser from a company
called UniBlue for a little while, and I just ran it, and it reported a file
called Unrar.dll (located in the System32 subfolder of Windows) as malware.

But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?

I was wondering if any of you have had any experiences with unrar.dll and/or
SpyEraser.

[Slarty]

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:36:22 +0100, Sentinel wrote:

> But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?

If you don't know the answer, what on earth is the point of using it until
you do? How do you know it isn't itself malware?

I don't know the answers, but I'd never use anything like that until I did!

Cheers,

Roy

[Sentinel]

Slarty wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:36:22 +0100, Sentinel wrote:
>
>> But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?
>
> If you don't know the answer, what on earth is the point of using it
> until you do? How do you know it isn't itself malware?

True, but then I guess that's *why* I'm posting the question here!

> I don't know the answers, but I'd never use anything like that until
> I did!

I agree! This SpyEraser seems unreliable, if not downright problematic. I
disabled it for the time being...

[Dustin Cook]

"Sentinel" <lukas.mariman@dommel.be> wrote in
news:5t313aF1boutaU1@mid.individual.net:

> I have a question. I have been using an app called SpyEraser from a
> company called UniBlue for a little while, and I just ran it, and it
> reported a file called Unrar.dll (located in the System32 subfolder of
> Windows) as malware.
>
> But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?

SpyEraser seems to have mixed opinions, depending on the site you visit to
read about it. I don't have any personal experience with the program.

> I was wondering if any of you have had any experiences with unrar.dll
> and/or SpyEraser.

I have seen unrar.dll before, and it's not malicious by itself. It's a
generic library for unpacking archives. Different versions of it do exist,
but I can't say for sure based on filename alone that the unrar.dll you
have is one of the ones I've seen. I'd suggest you submit it to
http://scanner.virus.org or http://www.virustotal.com


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[Sentinel]

Dustin Cook wrote:
> "Sentinel" <lukas.mariman@dommel.be> wrote in
> news:5t313aF1boutaU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> I have a question. I have been using an app called SpyEraser from a
>> company called UniBlue for a little while, and I just ran it, and it
>> reported a file called Unrar.dll (located in the System32 subfolder
>> of Windows) as malware.
>>
>> But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?
>
> SpyEraser seems to have mixed opinions, depending on the site you
> visit to read about it. I don't have any personal experience with the
> program.
>
>> I was wondering if any of you have had any experiences with unrar.dll
>> and/or SpyEraser.
>
> I have seen unrar.dll before, and it's not malicious by itself. It's a
> generic library for unpacking archives. Different versions of it do
> exist, but I can't say for sure based on filename alone that the
> unrar.dll you have is one of the ones I've seen. I'd suggest you
> submit it to http://scanner.virus.org or http://www.virustotal.com

Thanks, I'll do that!

[BJ Honeycut]

On Fri 21 Dec 2007 06:36:22p, "Sentinel" <lukas.mariman@dommel.be> took
the time to tell us all in news:5t313aF1boutaU1@mid.individual.net:

> I have a question. I have been using an app called SpyEraser from a
> company called UniBlue for a little while, and I just ran it, and it
> reported a file called Unrar.dll (located in the System32 subfolder of
> Windows) as malware.
>
> But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?
>
> I was wondering if any of you have had any experiences with unrar.dll
> and/or SpyEraser.
>
>

Unrar should just deal with .rar archives, but if not kill it now.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike

[John Dredla]

file can be erased, see the faqOn Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:36:22 +0100,
"Sentinel" <lukas.mariman@dommel.be> wrote:

>I have a question. I have been using an app called SpyEraser from a company
>called UniBlue for a little while, and I just ran it, and it reported a file
>called Unrar.dll (located in the System32 subfolder of Windows) as malware.
>
>But is it? And how reliable is this SpyEraser app anyway?
>
>I was wondering if any of you have had any experiences with unrar.dll and/or
>SpyEraser.
>