Internet Download Manager suspicious activity

I used Internet Download Manager to download a YouTube video.  After the video downloaded a window popped up that said I did not have an flv player installed, to play the video. I was then given a chance to install the flv player.  After this happened I was redirected to Tonec.com where Norton identified 4 threats. I uninstalled it after this happened.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced any similar problems or suspicious activity when using Internet Download Manager.

I used Internet Download Manager to download a YouTube video.  After the video downloaded a window popped up that said I did not have an flv player installed, to play the video. I was then given a chance to install the flv player.  After this happened I was redirected to Tonec.com where Norton identified 4 threats. I uninstalled it after this happened.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced any similar problems or suspicious activity when using Internet Download Manager.

I have Norton 360 version 4.0 windows 7 64 bit

Hi nighthawk1,

 

Thanks for the information. Have you run a full scan with N360?

 

I wil also ask the moderator to move this thread to the N360 board.

 

Best wishes.

Allen

After I left Tonec.com I did a quick scan.  Norton detected that I had 55 tracking cookies, which were fixed.


nighthawk1 wrote:

After I left Tonec.com I did a quick scan.  Norton detected that I had 55 tracking cookies, which were fixed.


Hi nighthawk1,

 

I suggested running a full scan, not a quick scan.

 

Best wishes.

Allen

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Are the four threats you type of from Norton Safe Web: Norton Safe Web, from Symantec - report for tonec.com?

The offending file in all four cases is update.exe which 25 vendors at VirusTotal detected. Symantec and Microsoft confirm their detection as a false positive.

You won't see this reflected in Norton Safe Web until Norton re-scans the website and I haven't seen it reflected in NIS2011's definitions yet. Edit: Reflected in NIS2011's definitions.

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update.exe still has a bad reputation (File Insight). It is now detected as WS.Reputation.1 by Symantec at VirusTotal but not by NIS2011.