by CADcaster
August 19, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD
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 explain what [...]
Source: blog nauseam – AutoCAD virus protection update
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by CADcaster
August 11, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD
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 located in [...]
Source: blog nauseam – Another AutoCAD malware warning
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by CADcaster
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 Without a Net blog.
Source: blog nauseam – AutoCAD malware warning
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by CADcaster
Today, I tried to investigate a DWG file that one of my users couldn’t open. It wouldn’t open for me on an old 1 GB PC. Trying a PC with 4 GB didn’t help, and neither did experimenting with various releases of AutoCAD. Depending on the release, AutoCAD would either try to open the drawing and eventually die with an out of memory error, or would instantly inform me that the drawing was too big to open. I don’t have access to a 64-bit version of AutoCAD (which might possibly be able to open this monster on a PC with more than 4 GB of RAM), so the drawing is …
Source: blog nauseam – The biggest DWG file I’ve ever seen
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