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Re: VIRUS: XWin.exe 1.12.0-4 "Bloodhound.Sonar.9"
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at freemail dot ru>
- To: "Watts, Simon (UK)" <SWATTS at ngms dot eu dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:52:23 +0400
- Subject: Re: VIRUS: XWin.exe 1.12.0-4 "Bloodhound.Sonar.9"
- References: <D466D8ED2A535D448228E410781DF5E48087A89DBC@APOLLOCCR.ng.local>
- Reply-to: Andrey Repin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Greetings, Watts, Simon (UK)!
> Just performed a routine update to cygwin, which resulted in the updated XWin.exe being quarantined due to a virus threat.
> Details:
> setup.exe version: 2.769
> source: http://cygwin.xl-mirror.nl
> xorg-servers-common version: 1.12.0-4
> Symantec Endpoint Protection reported XWin.exe contained "Bloodhound.Sonar.9"
> file size: 2828127
> hash: 157814B5160244D44E469CA9829124DABA14426F3D60E6A22B52E953625CA0B2
> category: application heuristic
> scan type: SONAR
> SONAR Risk level: High
> SONAR: High
> Reverting back to 1.12.0-3 from same source does *not* show this issue.
> Could be a false positive? But AV policy prevents me from running it.
>From the report, it seems like it's AV heuristic backfired.
https://www.virustotal.com/file/157814b5160244d44e469ca9829124daba14426f3d60e6a22b52e953625ca0b2/analysis/
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 23.04.2012, <14:39>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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