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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Trojans associate with Wireshark, WinPCap, etc

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 10:41:04 -0800
The only report I've seen so far on the buildbots is
Win.Adware.Outbrowse-1168 in the NSIS uninstaller:

C:\[...]\build\cmbuild\run\RelWithDebInfo\uninstall.exe:
Win.Adware.Outbrowse-1168 FOUND

On 11/1/15 10:38 AM, gedropi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Are you referring to only the Wireshark/WinPCap trojan or all of the
> trojans?  Thanks
> 
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Gerald Combs wrote:
>> That should've been:
>>
>> ----
>> Sun Nov  1 17:29:10 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Sun Nov  1
>> 17:29:10 2015
>> Sun Nov  1 17:29:10 2015 -> main.cld is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
>> 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
>> Sun Nov  1 17:29:10 2015 -> daily.cld is up to date (version: 21032,
>> sigs: 1645531, f-level: 63, builder: shurley)
>> Sun Nov  1 17:29:10 2015 -> bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 269,
>> sigs: 47, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg)
>> ----
>>
>> That is, daily.cld version 21032 does not report the trojan. 21031 does.
>> IIRC 21030 reported the trojan on Friday as well.
>>
>> On 11/1/15 10:25 AM, gedropi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> ClamAV update process started at Sun Nov 01 05:58:39 2015
>>>
>>> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60,
>>> builder: neo)
>>> daily.cld is up to date (version: 21031, sigs: 1645560, f-level: 63,
>>> builder: neo)
>>> bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 269, sigs: 47, f-level: 63,
>>> builder: anvilleg)
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Gerald Combs wrote:
>>>> Which versions of the main, daily, and bytecode databases are you using?
>>>> On Friday clamscan was reporting that Win.Adware.Outbrowse-1168 was
>>>> present in some of the 32-bit Windows installers.
>>>>
>>>> If I run clamscan today with the following database versions on the same
>>>> files the scans come up clean:
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>> Sun Nov  1 08:27:42 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Sun Nov  1
>>>> 08:27:42 2015
>>>> Sun Nov  1 08:27:43 2015 -> main.cld is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
>>>> 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
>>>> Sun Nov  1 08:27:43 2015 -> daily.cld is up to date (version: 21031,
>>>> sigs: 1645560, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
>>>> Sun Nov  1 08:27:43 2015 -> bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 269,
>>>> sigs: 47, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg)
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note that AV false positives happen often enough that we maintain a list:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.wireshark.org/FalsePositives
>>>>
>>>> As does the NSIS team (which tends to impact the Wireshark and WinPcap
>>>> installers):
>>>>
>>>> http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSIS_False_Positives
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/1/15 9:46 AM, gedropi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>> Yes I am.  But these trojans were not present a on the 28th of October. 
>>>>> Meaning that the database update since the 28th would have had to have
>>>>> contained this misinformation. I have contacted ClamAV but they have not
>>>>> responded yet.  SANS is involved in this issue as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015, at 09:12 AM, Pascal Quantin wrote:
>>>>>> 2015-11-01 17:58 GMT+01:00 <gedropi@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> After discovering the attached trojans during a scan on the 30th, I
>>>>>>> removed infected files, scrubbed the registry, repeated the scan. Nada.
>>>>>>> Then, I needed to replace the networking tools by downloading fresh
>>>>>>> copies of the removed, infected exe files.  Upon downloading various
>>>>>>> tools from their respective websites, I repeated the virus scan to be
>>>>>>> sure. All newly downloaded exe files were again infected with the same
>>>>>>> trojans.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since all the Wireshark & WinPCap files were affected, I was wondering
>>>>>>> if any of you out there have had the same experience?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope that someone can help me brainstorm for a fix.  I need to use the
>>>>>>> tools of the trade.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for any ideas.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using ClamAV by any chance? as reported by Gerald Comb
>>>>>> (Wireshark's
>>>>>> leader) on the development list (
>>>>>> https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201510/msg00125.html) this
>>>>>> seems to be a false positive reported to clamav.net.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Pascal.
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