XLanuch.exe is a Trojan-It allows remote control of my pc without my knowledge or permission
HI, I wish to report that Cygwin.XLaunch.exe is a Trojan and it allows remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or permission. I installed the cygwin package and the Xwindows server too. However, today, I found somebody controlling my pc remotely. I know because the mouse behaved erratically and then the XLanuch configuration screen came up. I tried to kill it using the Task Manager but it would restart. I had to reboot and turn off networking and then delete the cygwin folder. McAfee did not report this as a Trojan. I have written a mail to McAfee notifying them of this issue. I dont know if you are aware of this issue or not, but I found it serious enough to report. to summarize XLaunch allows remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or permission. Sincerely, Sagar R. Kapadia, India -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: XLanuch.exe is a Trojan-It allows remote control of my pc without my knowledge or permission [Reference Link]
http://www.file.net/process/xlaunch.exe.html On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Sagar Kapadia wrote: > HI, > I wish to report that Cygwin.XLaunch.exe is a Trojan and it allows > remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or permission. I > installed the cygwin package and the Xwindows server too. However, > today, I found somebody controlling my pc remotely. I know because the > mouse behaved erratically and then the XLanuch configuration screen > came up. I tried to kill it using the Task Manager but it would > restart. I had to reboot and turn off networking and then delete the > cygwin folder. > > McAfee did not report this as a Trojan. I have written a mail to > McAfee notifying them of this issue. > > I dont know if you are aware of this issue or not, but I found it > serious enough to report. > > to summarize > XLaunch allows remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or > permission. > Sincerely, > Sagar R. Kapadia, > India -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
