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'Virus/Win32.WGeneric.lsngt' generated by PAN NGFW detected on 2 hosts

N.Patel578121 — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:34:41 GMT

File Macro SHA256: N/A

IF file macro SHA256 is not available then on what basis PNGFW detected alert "'Virus/Win32.WGeneric.lsngt' generated by PAN NGFW detected on 2 hosts ". Can someone please explain me this?

Re: 'Virus/Win32.WGeneric.lsngt' generated by PAN NGFW detected on 2 hosts

OtakarKlier — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 19:27:59 GMT

Hello,

The PAN probably saw something in the packet that matched a signature. Could be a false positive but you would need packet captures to submit a case with support.

Regards,

Re: 'Virus/Win32.WGeneric.lsngt' generated by PAN NGFW detected on 2 hosts

ymiyashita — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 03:31:56 GMT

This was an old false positive occured in year 2017. The signature was disabled. Thanks.
https://threatvault.paloaltonetworks.com?query=Virus%2FWin32.WGeneric.lsngt