Fwd: Re: The Cleaner reports WinPCap contains WinRAT trojan

From: dumbwabbit (dumbwabbitat_private)
Date: Sat Feb 16 2002 - 17:34:54 PST

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    From the source folks, this is confirmation from
    MooSoft that it was indeed a false alert. 
    
    My apologies to all for taking up bandwidth etc.......
    
    heh.
    
    Still, had to be sure.
    
    +-dumbwabbit=+-
    
    --- dsovmlat_private wrote:
    > From dsovmlat_private Sat Feb 16 16:43:02 2002
    > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 17:43:02 -0700 (MST)
    > Subject: Re: The Cleaner reports WinPCap contains
    > WinRAT trojan
    > From: <dsovmlat_private>
    > To: <dumbwabbitat_private>
    > 
    > I did not receive your email.  I suspect you sent it
    > to the trojan
    > submission address trojansat_private which is an
    > attachment collector and
    > is not monitored by a human.
    > 
    > WinPCAP was identified incorrectly and it has been
    > corrected in the latest
    > database.
    > 
    > 
    > Daniel Otis-Vigil
    > 
    > > 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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    > 
    > 
    
    
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