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Second Life (Windlight and Normal) Exe Virus?

Kondrad Hyland
Registered User
Join date: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 3
01-09-2008 01:33
i have Windlight and use Windows Vista (came with the computer)
and when i went to install Windlight Norton did this:

Source: F:\Second_Life_1-18-6-76453_WindLight_Setup.exe
Risk category: Virus
Overall Risk Impact: High
Click for more information about this risk : W32.Jeefo
Action taken: Fully removed

all that it deleted the EXE.... now i have to redownload it Grrrrr
Nika Talaj
now you see her ...
Join date: 2 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,449
01-09-2008 02:06
lol yeah Norton and McAfee both are not friendly with SL. Textures in particular freak them out, which means they have been known to quietly bork people's caches. You may want to explicitly exclude the SecondLife data directory from Norton's tender attentions. In XP that is at:

C:\Documents and Settings\<your userid>\Application Data\SecondLife

Sorry, I don't know Vista.
Farallon Greyskin
Cranky Seal
Join date: 22 Jan 2006
Posts: 491
01-09-2008 20:50
In vista the folder is:

C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\SecondLife

AppData is a hidden folder so enable hidden folders to see it...
Nuvo Tigerpaw
Registered User
Join date: 4 Dec 2007
Posts: 41
01-10-2008 05:06
Try d/l'ing and installing AVAST! Antivirus. Its free and works great. It plays well with WindLight too.
Kahiro Watanabe
Registered User
Join date: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 572
01-10-2008 05:52
Norton AV takes a lot of memory, I recommend nod 32, or a good firewall and be careful with the things you download :).
Koukin Kamachi
Registered User
Join date: 14 Aug 2007
Posts: 13
01-10-2008 06:05
Anything produced by Norton is essentially the devil's work. Until the day you uninstall it, you are a ne'er do good, and your computer will ne'er do well.