Re: The Cleaner reports WinPCap contains WinRAT trojan

From: Ryan Verner (xfestyat_private)
Date: Sat Feb 16 2002 - 09:19:52 PST

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    My guess is that the trojan may use code from WinPCap, rather then the other
    way around.
    
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "dumbwabbit" <dumbwabbitat_private>
    To: <vuln-devat_private>; <focus-virusat_private>;
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    Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 12:35 AM
    Subject: The Cleaner reports WinPCap contains WinRAT trojan
    
    
    | Forgive the cross-posting, but I think this *may*
    | merit it.
    |
    | WinPCap is a packet capture driver/architecture for
    | Windows platform, allowing Windows users to do such
    | things as run NMapNT, the NT port of Nmap.
    |
    | Upon scanning a file archive on one of my pen testing
    | laptops, using the latest updated version of The
    | Cleaner (a trojan AV product from MooSoft), The
    | Cleaner reports that versions 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3
    | beta, along with the Developer Pack of WinPCap are all
    | infected with or contain the WinRAT (aka Windows
    | Remote Administration Toolkit) client/server trojan. I
    | "tested" this further by re-downloading the WinPCap
    | files from the original website, located at:
    | http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/winpcap/install/default.htm
    | All files downloaded from this location scanned by The
    | Cleaner are reported as containing WinRAT.
    |
    | I have sent copies of these files to MooSoft asking if
    | they can verify this, and I have emailed the authors
    | of WinPCap as well. That was 3 days ago.
    |
    | McAfee VirusScan 4.51 and 6, both with latest DATs
    | (4186) do not find anything.
    | I do not have access currently to Norton or Trend or
    | another AV product.
    | I also cannot find any helpful information about the
    | WinRAT trojan online (MooSoft's description contains
    | absolutely NO information regarding this trojan other
    | than listing it - see
    | http://www.moosoft.com/winrat.php).
    | I have not yet heard back from WinPCap authors, nor
    | MooSoft. Therefore, I would like to ask if anyone else
    | can verify or disprove this "finding".
    |
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