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As I mentioned in my last post, I had some reservations about the code provided by Autodesk to deal with suspect acad.vlx and logo.gif files. Based on a suggestion from Jimmy Bergmark, I have written my own, safer version which you can download here: clean_virus_safe.lsp. The comments at the top of the clean_virus_safe.lsp file [...] Shaan Hurley has posted some useful information about another AutoCAD-based virus that is doing the rounds, and I strongly suggest you read it. However, I have some reservations about the solution that is posted there and in the Autodesk knowledgebase. The LISP code suggested will delete any files called acad.vlx or logo.gif that are [...]  10 August 2009, 4:58 pm |  2 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, Malware, Other Blogs, Shaan Hurley, Tip, Virus, Warning | Category: AutoCAD, Autodesk, Bug, LISP, Other Blogs, Tip There is a piece of malware out there written as an ObjectARX application, i.e. it will only affect AutoCAD users. It’s a China-based adware client, which Andrew Brandt at the Webroot threat blog has named Trojan-Pigrig. For full details, see here. Also, see here for AutoCAD-specific advice from the AutoCAD support team at the [...] 9 July 2009, 10:08 am |  Leave a comment | Tags: AutoCAD, Malware, Other Blogs, Tip, Virus, Warning | Category: AutoCAD, Other Blogs, Tip I know there are plenty of people still using AutoCAD 2007 and earlier, so this bug warning may save some of you some grief. I have no idea how widespread or isolated this problem is, but under some circumstances I haven’t worked out yet, AutoCAD 2007 fails to plot all of certain dynamic blocks. [...] 23 February 2009, 11:58 am | 23 comments | Tags: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2007, Bug, DWF, Dynamic Blocks, Plot, Tip, TrueView, Warning | Category: AutoCAD, AutoCAD 2007, Bug, Tip, TrueView |
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