Comments on: FREE: GiPo@FileUtilities – Monitor directory changes, mount folders, and more

By: Dave F

Dave F — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:54 +0000

I too have had the same problem. I on the other hand have been using this tool for many years and I haven’t had an issue with it.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:35:06 +0000

Thanks, Juergen!

By: Juergen

Juergen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:18:40 +0000

Just installed the GiPo Fileutild. Kaspersky reports a Trojan on the installer only. The installed tools are reported as clean. A complete scan of the computer after installation shows no infections (except the installer). So I would say it is a false alarm about the used installer.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:32:31 +0000

RAwr, just keep in mind that not every malware harms your PC. You probably wouldn’t like it if your computer belongs to a botnet. I don’t want to imply that the GiPo@FileUtilities contain such malware.

By: RAwr

RAwr — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:54:14 +0000

I think it is a false positive, since I’ve used the tool for a while before formatting, and it works like a charm, and serves it’s purpose with removing things impossible to remove without administrator privileges otherwise. I didn’t have a virus protection, but my computer didn’t have problems either. So I don’t know if it’s a virus or not, but if it is, the software benefits outweighed the virus status.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:28:53 +0000

Petr, thanks. I already suspected that it is just a false positive. I am still not 100% sure though. What exactly did the EST support say?

Ronin, I think there are other tools with similar capabilities out there. If I ever stumble across one, I will blog about it.

By: Ronin Vladiamhe

Ronin Vladiamhe — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:53:37 +0000

With what appears to be suspect viral implications, has anyone actually used GiPo@Utilities? If so, your thoughts. I like what I read about the DirMonitor, but if the app is a virus waiting to happen….

By: Petr

Petr — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:05:09 +0000

ESET confirms a false positive detection in the NOD32 antivirus.

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:29:39 +0000

Thanks, I didn’t know VirusTotal. This is a very useful service.

By: dsy

dsy — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:32:03 +0000

VirusTotal reports 50% score:
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/63e9403562f011002c7cec8813c6e107

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:14:37 +0000

Thanks! It seems to me that in both cases it is just the heuristics that triggered the alarm.

By: Matthijs Kerssemakers

Matthijs Kerssemakers — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:01:44 +0000

McAfee also reports trojan

ANTI-VIRUS DETECTION ALERT
The anti-virus scanner was triggered by this file. The file was not cleaned and has been removed.

Context: ‘fileutil.exe’
Detection(s): ‘Generic.dx (trojan)’

By: Michael Pietroforte

Michael Pietroforte — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:28:17 +0000

Thanks for the info. What trojan horses did it detect? AVG didn’t detect anything.

By: Dung Phan Tuan

Dung Phan Tuan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:01:56 +0000

Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 report it is a trojan house

By: Ty Tran

Ty Tran — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:44:54 +0000

Received 2 trojan detections from Endpoint from the download.
Maybe false alert