Christian Montanari wrote, On 1/10/2005 11:28 AM:
Our local virus scan tool provided by *****
reported a "trojan horse" called "BKDR_HACDEF.M" found in c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll
c.f.:
http://www.******.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=BKDR_HACDEF.M
Could you tell me what is your point of view about this ? is it a fluke
information ?
does the code for cygcrypt-0.dll need to be checked against Easter-Eggs of this
kind ?
Regards,
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Bracknell,
Berks, RG12 7QY, UK.
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Detected on 2 systems here by Trend Micro and it deleted the file.
According to a website describing the virus, it can use a possible
vulnerability in the file to implement the backdoor. Are there any know
vulnerabilities in cygcrypt-0.dll?
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