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Trojan associated with rsync and wget
- From: "bob sandefur" <rsandefur at cam-llc dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 10:56:52 -0600
- Subject: Trojan associated with rsync and wget
Hi-
Norton antivirus thinks cygwin wget and rsync are trying to Trojan my
machines (first reported in December)
EG
Details:
Rule "Default Block Phinneas Phucker Trojan horse" blocked communication.
Local address: All local network adapters(2801).
Process name is "C:\cygwin\bin\rsync.exe".
And the net says wget and rsync do have this problem (try google rsync
Trojan)
EG
http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/gentoo_trojan_howto/.
I downloaded and compiled wget and rsync from net and replaced cygwin
versions - so far Norton has said northing
Norton doesn't complain very often so this may not be a fix
Anyone know if Norton and I are unduly paranoid or if this is a real
threat?
Thanx
Robert (Bob) L. Sandefur PE
Senior Geostatistician / Reserve Analyst
CAM 200 Union Suite G-13 Lakewood, Co
80228
rsandefur@cam-llc.com
303 472-3240 (cell) <-best choice
303 716-1617 ext 14
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