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Iroffer

Type
Program
SubType
-
Discovery Date
06/12/2002
Length
varies
Minimum DAT
4208 (06/19/2002)
Updated DAT
5294 (05/13/2008)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
01/23/2004
Description Modified
01/23/2004 12:49 AM (PT)
Risk Assessment
Corporate User
Low
Home User
Low

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Characteristics

This is not a virus or trojan. It is a potentially unwanted program.

Iroffer is a tool that serves files and offers them for IRC users to download them using the DCC protocol. For further information about Iroffer, please see the vendors website: http://www.iroffer.org

Users who would like to check for the presence of potentially unwanted programs on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
Please note that VirusScan 7, and higher, has an option that enables users to detect this kind of program automatically (see below).

There are some trojans that drop a patched variant of this application. Detection of these files do not require the /PROGRAM switch.

Symptoms

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Method of Infection

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Variants

Variants

    N/A

All Information

Overview -

This is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) detection. It is not a virus or trojan. PUPs are any piece of software which a reasonably security-or privacy-minded computer user may want to be informed of.

Characteristics

Characteristics -

This is not a virus or trojan. It is a potentially unwanted program.

Iroffer is a tool that serves files and offers them for IRC users to download them using the DCC protocol. For further information about Iroffer, please see the vendors website: http://www.iroffer.org

Users who would like to check for the presence of potentially unwanted programs on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
Please note that VirusScan 7, and higher, has an option that enables users to detect this kind of program automatically (see below).

There are some trojans that drop a patched variant of this application. Detection of these files do not require the /PROGRAM switch.

Symptoms

Symptoms -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Method of Infection

Method of Infection -

N/A This is not a virus or trojan.

Removal -

Removal -

Instructions on Enabling/Disabling Detection and Removal of Potentially Unwanted Programs

Variants

Variants -

    N/A