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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark and TeslaCrypt

From: Rich Rauenzahn <rrauenza@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 09:50:53 -0800
Hi,

I downloaded Wireshark a month or more ago to our Windows computer,
but I think I didn't install it -- I think I had an older version
already installed, and so left it as is in my Download folder.

This morning Malwarebytes detected the Wireshark installer (I believe
its the installer -- I'm getting this 2nd hand from home) as
containing TeslaCrypt.  (I've also downloaded the latest WireShark
installer here at work as well and it passes the scan.)

I think the binary was removed, not quarantined, but I'll check in
more detail when I get home this evening.  If I can find the actual
binary, I could submit it to Malwarebytes for false positive
verification.

I suspect its a false positive, but it seems important enough that I
ought to query here.  Is it possible that Wireshark has TeslaCrypt
signatures embedded in it for its own TeslaCrypt traffic detection?

Rich