Chinese AV Rising spreads Sality Virus via Signature update

Chinese AV Rising spreads Sality Virus via Signature update
 
An update of the virus scanner Rising helps, by an infected file, to spread the Sality virus .

Rising, a free virus scanner should be uninstalled fastest, the current update discharged the Salty virus on the system.

The anti-fours test lab AV-Test has found on their test systems strange activities that were infected by an update of the Rising scanner.
This was caused by an update of the virus scanner conscan.exe was then infected with the Sality virus.

Unfortunately, bringing not only updates new virus signatures but also new code with itself.
The Chinese manufacturer has now confirmed that advises and currently it to use from the scanner.
 
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