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NIS 2011 reputation scan and file "1fbdc4.msi" - a heads up for the Norton support team

albert594 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:19:51 GMT

When running the Reputation Scan today, NIS 2011 reported that a file named "1fbdc4.msi" was of "Unproven" trust.

When I examed the file's properties, it appears that the file is digitally signed by Symantec [on Oct 01, 2009]. Everything in the properties looks OK to my naive eyes. I post this so that, assuming the file is legitimate, NIS support might update their database.
And if the file is not legit - please do inform me.

Thanks,

albert594

Re: NIS 2011 reputation scan and file "1fbdc4.msi" - a heads up for the Norton support tea

delphinium — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:16:57 GMT

It is probably a result of an older file left on the machine during updates or installations over top of older ones. There is a setting in Internet Explorer under tools>internet options>advanced that asks to check for publisher revocation. If this is checked, you will get the occasional warning on an out-dated file.

Re: NIS 2011 reputation scan and file "1fbdc4.msi" - a heads up for the Norton support tea

albert594 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:48:06 GMT

Delphinium,

Thanks for the explanation - I learned a bit more about IE and I understand better how I get this response from NIS.

Albert