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Re: Worm contained in gzip.exe?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:50:10 -0500
- Subject: Re: Worm contained in gzip.exe?
- References: <20110108123326.176700@gmx.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com
On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 01:33:26PM +0100, mrbaseman@gmx.de wrote:
>Dear developers,
>
>Emsisoft Anti-Malware reports that the worm Worm.Win32.Qvod.ceq!A2 is containted in gzip.exe
>
>I reinstalled the gzip-package from the mirror at Uni Kaiserslautern, but the worm is still there.
>Please have a look if it actually is infected (everywhere or at this specific mirror) or if it is a false alarm by the Malware tool.
1) You're sending email to the wrong mailing list.
2) It is extremely likely that gzip.exe does not contain a worm.