wmic.exe - Fraud.Downloader.gen?

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Piper

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I got THIS alert today immediately after updating Java (using a download link provided by Secunia PSI).

I am using:
Windows XP Professional
Internet Explorer version 8.0.6001.18702
Firefox version 3.6.13

I just downloaded Spybot S&D this last week, so it should be the latest version. The last update was earlier today (2/20/11), but as I was updating Java, I realized I forgot to immunize again after updating Spybot; I was going to do so as soon as the Java update was done. But then this happened. I have not touched the alert window as I do not want to tell Spybot to do the wrong thing, so it is still open and waiting for a response. I have googled wmic.exe and it does not seem to be dangerous (or is it?).

What should I do now? Is this a false positive, or has my computer been infected?

Thanks in advance!
 
hello,

thank you for reporting this issue.
This appears to be a TeaTimer false positive.
Sometimes other software interferes with the TeaTimer scan which can result in an unreproducible false positive.
If you have other active security software running in background it may be better to disable the TeaTimer:
  • start Spybot S&D
  • switch to advanced mode
  • navigate to tools - resident
  • uncheck the box for Resident TeaTimer to disable it and remove it from System start
 
Thank you very much for your reply, Yodama! I am relieved to know that it was just a false positive after all. =)
 
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