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Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus
From: Brandon Enright <bmenrigh () ucsd edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:51:12 +0000
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:51:51 +0300 "Иван Джеферов" <ivan.djeferov () gmail com> wrote:
When I try to download the "*Latest stable release self-installer:* nmap-4.68-setup.exe<http://download.insecure.org/nmap/dist/nmap-4.68-setup.exe>". I get the following message from Avast anti-virus: Malware name: Win32:Trojan-gen {Other} Malware type: Virus/Worm The command-line zip file is ok though. Best wishes, Ivan.
Иван, This is a false positive. "Win32:Trojan-gen {Other}" is a heuristic detection and not an actual signature. If I had to take a guess in the dark I'd say that they don't like the installer scripts or the compression used by the installer. Unfortunately as malware gets better at evading signatures AV companies have to resort to broader and fuzzier heuristics to keep up. I encourage you to contact Avast and notify them of the false-positive. You may also be able to disable heuristics (which will likely severely decrease it's ability to generically detect malware). Brandon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiKLrYACgkQqaGPzAsl94LDYwCZAU6nKAHCEA+/kge024/G2z0d y2oAoKbeWawa6S315Mf8GQe44BMUbBqD =70ty -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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- Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus Иван Джеферов (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus Brandon Enright (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus Brandon Enright (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus doug (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus Brandon Enright (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus doug (Jul 25)
- Re: Nmap is detected as a trojan by avast anti-virus Brandon Enright (Jul 25)