Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
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Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
QUOTE(Webscar @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM) 
Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
ACTool provides commands like "ReadMemory" and "WriteMemory". These allow you to write a macro that interferes with the contents of the memory of another process. Which could be used for malicious purposes.
AdAware is detecting the fact that ACTool.exe calls some Windows APIs that allow memory manipulation of other processes, and so flags it as malware. ACTool.exe itself is not malware, but it can support malware macros. Which is not a problem if you are just writing your own macros.
QUOTE(Ipa @ Oct 9 2009, 06:10 PM)
QUOTE(Webscar @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM)
Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
ACTool provides commands like "ReadMemory" and "WriteMemory". These allow you to write a macro that interferes with the contents of the memory of another process. Which could be used for malicious purposes.
AdAware is detecting the fact that ACTool.exe calls some Windows APIs that allow memory manipulation of other processes, and so flags it as malware. ACTool.exe itself is not malware, but it can support malware macros. Which is not a problem if you are just writing your own macros.
This got me before to.. so AC tool is not a virus? cuz i stopped used it for a long time becuse of this.. no virus?
QUOTE(Prox @ Oct 10 2009, 04:00 AM)
so AC tool is not a virus? cuz i stopped used it for a long time becuse of this.. no virus?
You're an idiot and I do hope you know that.
QUOTE(Ipa @ Oct 9 2009, 01:10 PM)
QUOTE(Webscar @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM)
Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
ACTool provides commands like "ReadMemory" and "WriteMemory". These allow you to write a macro that interferes with the contents of the memory of another process. Which could be used for malicious purposes.
AdAware is detecting the fact that ACTool.exe calls some Windows APIs that allow memory manipulation of other processes, and so flags it as malware. ACTool.exe itself is not malware, but it can support malware macros. Which is not a problem if you are just writing your own macros.
QUOTE(Webscar @ Oct 10 2009, 10:07 AM)
QUOTE(Ipa @ Oct 9 2009, 01:10 PM)
QUOTE(Webscar @ Oct 9 2009, 07:15 AM)
Just got this last night, was curious if anyone knows why it might've popped up as Spyware?
ACTool provides commands like "ReadMemory" and "WriteMemory". These allow you to write a macro that interferes with the contents of the memory of another process. Which could be used for malicious purposes.
AdAware is detecting the fact that ACTool.exe calls some Windows APIs that allow memory manipulation of other processes, and so flags it as malware. ACTool.exe itself is not malware, but it can support malware macros. Which is not a problem if you are just writing your own macros.
I brought this up a while back myself and ACTool is considered a Virus by some and Malware by others but it really is a false positive.
The reason I called the idiot an idiot is because the source code for ACTool is freely available and if he has all of the stuff it needs he could compile it himself and because his fear forced him to not use ACTool. Oh, a third reason I called him what he was is because he comes here and asks if it is a virus and if it really was a virus how can someone be so stupid as to expect the author to admit that it was? If it really was a virus they wouldn't and besides the tool is 9 years old and if it really was a virus it wouldn't still be around.
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