Malwarebytes says silverlight is a trojan agent?

Radiation · 5 May 2011 at 15:34

Just ran a full scan and it's under "c:\Users\name\local settings\temporary internet files\silverlight.exe", I tried to open the local settings folder but windows 7 won't let me, is this a false positive or what, i do have silverlight installed for media centre, how do i go about accessing the exe to test it on virus total?

Radiation · 5 May 2011 at 16:03

I managed to open some temporary internet folders but i don't know where it is, i really want to scan it online to check if everything is ok.

theheyes · 5 May 2011 at 16:33

You could put in a Linux LiveCD and access the filesystem/upload to virustotal that way.

bledd · 5 May 2011 at 17:11

run ccleaner first before running an AV scan

it speeds it up by removing temp files first.

could be a false positive

hooneeawr · 5 May 2011 at 17:15

Is that definitely the silverlight executable? It could just be a virus disguising it's name as silverlight.exe.

Azuse05 · 5 May 2011 at 17:45

Uninstall silverlight, reboot and see what it says. If it's gone it's a false positive*, if not thorough removal will be required.

*Unwanted rubbish is, imo the correct definition for silverlight. MS stopped supporting it month back when it became apparent that flash and html 5 were beating it into the ground.

Radiation · 5 May 2011 at 17:47

theheyes said:
You could put in a Linux LiveCD and access the filesystem/upload to virustotal that way.

That's a good idea, dunno why i didn't think of it, it was hidden and in a different location, why microsoft mess about with temporary files i don't know, anyway looks like it was a false positive, even copying and rescanning with malwarebytes didn't detect anything a second time.

lokkers · 5 May 2011 at 22:01

Azuse05 said:
*Unwanted rubbish is, imo the correct definition for silverlight. MS stopped supporting it month back when it became apparent that flash and html 5 were beating it into the ground.

No it isn't, and Microsoft are still supporting it and will be supporting it for some time to come (Silverlight 5 will be out towards the end of the year IIRC).