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Where is the safe place to download Microsoft Network Monitor?

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Paul

Flightless Bird
Eric wrote:
> I find Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 for download on following link, but when
> I install it, my Norton detects virus when I execute the download file.
> Does anyone have any suggestions on where the safe place to download?
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> Eric
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en#filelist
>
>


I downloaded the file, then uploaded to Virustotal.com and the file is clean.

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/...0dca6383ca98d7a8cf4c7ce8dd7dc8b31f-1271789956

You can run a quick checksum, and see if you got the same file I did.

File size: 5193032 bytes
MD5 : 4fda65a8b645133dd027fdaf9da53bac
SHA1 : 0bfbb13414aa11a751c61e6a2db55e2e242bd0cc
SHA256: 3b911fcd76ba09d4eb40d842f568930dca6383ca98d7a8cf4c7ce8dd7dc8b31f

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/1/0/7105C7FF-768E-4472-AFD5-F29108D1E383/NM33_x86.exe

Make sure you downloaded the correct file for your OS, as I see three options for
things to download. I have WinXP 32 bit, which is why I would download the x86 version.

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If you need a tool to compute a checksum, try FCIV from Microsoft. It is supposed to
support MD5 and SHA1. I ran FCIV on the file I downloaded, and it agrees with the
checksums shown on Virustotal. Instead of uploading entire files to Virustotal, it
is also possible to search their site, using only the checksum value as a key, and
get a virus report that way. That saves time, if you're limited to dialup networking.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290

HTH,
Paul
 
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HeyBub

Flightless Bird
Eric wrote:
> I find Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 for download on following link,
> but when I install it, my Norton detects virus when I execute the
> download file. Does anyone have any suggestions on where the safe
> place to download? Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> Eric
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en#filelist


It's probably a false positive on the part of Norton.

The fix is to get rid* of Norton and replace it with a free alternative.

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* If you CAN get rid of it. Norton is the barnacle of the software world.
 
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almostbob

Flightless Bird
look up "false positive"

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"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9B5BBE2D-2269-4ECF-AA59-8800E10AA79E@microsoft.com...
>I find Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 for download on following link, but
>when
> I install it, my Norton detects virus when I execute the download file.
> Does anyone have any suggestions on where the safe place to download?
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions
> Eric
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en#filelist
>
>
 
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