Virus Scanning
Virus Scanning
My systems are protected using Webroot Secure Anywhere anti-virus. My systems are also periodically scanned using Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro (Sophos) manual scan tools. Some of the virtual machines I test with are also protected with McAfee or AVG anti-virus within the VM (on top of Webroot running on the host). Every version of Network Drive Control is uploaded to Virus Total where it is scanned by over 60 anti-virus (AV) products before it is placed on my website. (Anyplace else other than my website that you download the NDC installer from grabbed it from my site, and I have no idea if they have "modified" it in any way. My setup.exe and all of NDC's binary files are digitally signed by "Michael Burns" with a Code Signing Certificate issued by Digicert or Sectigo. This allows one to detect whether the files have been tampered with after I released them. If the setup.exe or any NDC files are either unsigned or signed by anyone (or any organization) other than "Michael Burns", then they have been modified and should be discarded. ) If the Virus Total scan shows an anti-virus product claiming that NDC or one of it's components is infected, I add a comment in the Virus Total public scan result for my file and if possible I submit the file directly to the AV vendor for their inspection so they can confirm their product issued a false positive and they can correct their data base. Not all anti-virus vendors have a submission process for when their products erroneously flag a file as being infected, but the better ones do. If the AV product on your PC flags a component of NDC has being infected, you can quickly double-check your product by submitting the flagged file to Virus Total to see how roughly 60 other AV products classify the file. You can also contact me at NDC@michaelburns.net. If you do, please tell me what AV product you are using, what version of that product, what version of it's database you are using, what file it flagged, and what virus it claimed the file was infected with. I may want you to email me a zipped copy of the allegedly infected file.
If you are concerned that your PC may be infected by malware, a number of AV vendors have free manual-run stand alone scanner/cleaners that you can use for "second opinions" or can use as cleanup tools. A few are:
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