From: Tim Boyer 

Symantec thinks it's a virus.  Figures... :)


On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 19:56:56 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Aronoff [mailto:ntbugtraq.sub{at}aaronoff.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:00 PM
>To: Silent_Runners_Users{at}aaronoff.com
>Subject: [SPAM] Silent Runners update (R21)
>Importance: Low
>
>
>Hello,
>
>The Silent Runners home page can now be found at
>http://www.silentrunners.org/
>Please note that the .COM domain name is NOT owned by me and has NO
>relation to the script.
>
>The "Silent Runners.vbs" script has been revised. It is recommended
>that you download Silent Runners R21 and delete earlier versions.
>
>1. The script now identifies the company name for every file
>   listed. Thanks to "Karli..." for the suggestion. If the company is
>   "Microsoft Corporation", the output is abbreviated to
"[MS]". If
>   the file does not contain a company name, "[null data]" is
>   displayed; if the company name field exists but is empty, "[empty
>   data]" is displayed.
>
>   Please use the company name as a guide, but not as proof of
>   identity. Malware can easily insert a reassuring company name.
>
>2. The web site was overhauled. The "key list" was renamed to
"launch
>   points" and was moved here:
>   http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_launchpoints.html
>
>   A contact form was added to request addition to or removal from
>   this distribution list, to send suggestions, or to ask any other
>   question: http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_contact.html
>
>3. The script name was added to the output file. Thanks to Tony M. for
>   the suggestion.
>
>4. The script will detect if an unsupported VBScript version is
>   installed and will direct the browser to the MS download page.
>   Thanks to Vesselin for detecting this problem.
>
>5. If the script detects Windows 95, it will run as if it were
>   under Windows 98. However, use of the script this way will not be
>   supported. (IOW, it should work, but don't blame me if it doesn't.)
>   Thanks to John H. for the troubleshooting.
>
>6. Several unreported bugs were fixed. Details can be found in the
>   script footer comments.
>
>"Silent Runners" is hard to find -- please add links to the home page
>on your web sites: http://www.silentrunners.org/
>
>You can also incorporate a small logo via this code:
>
>http://www.silentrunners.org/"
target="_blank"> src="http://www.silentrunners.org/silentrunners_smlogo.gif"
alt="I'm a
>"Silent Runners.vbs" user, so I know what programs start up
>with Windows!" border="0">
>
>The updated script (R21) can be found here:
>http://www.silentrunners.org/Silent%20Runners.vbs
>
>A zipped version can be found here:
>http://www.silentrunners.org/Silent%20Runners.zip
>
>The MD5 hash of the script can be found via a link on the web site.
>
>Thanks to those users who have provided feedback enabling the script
>to be improved. If you ever have any problem getting this script to
>run, please let me know.
>
>If this script fails to identify any program that starts up with
>Windows, please let me know. I'll help you identify how the program
>starts up and modify the script, if appropriate, so others may
>benefit.
>
>Older versions of the script can be found here:
>http://www.silentrunners.org/history/
>
>To be removed from the distribution list, please use the form on the
>web site.
>
>regards, Andy
>

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Tim Boyer
tim{at}denmantire.com

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