Re: php-3.0.11-win32.zip possibly has a virus in php.exe - Win.CTX.6889
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: php-3.0.11-win32.zip possibly has a virus in php.exe - Win.CTX.6889 | ||
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Andrew G. Tereschenko wrote:
> Not so long time ago i have downloaded php-3.0.11-win32.zip from www.php.net
> and give it to use my co-developers. Today one of them found that his
> php.exe was infercted. I checked my downloaded file - and found that
> possible infection was on your side - php-3.0.11-win32.zip has a php.exe
> infected Win32.CTX.6889. I have check it via Dr.Web 4.14 for Windows. Now
> i'm checking it via Norton Antivirus 2000 - need to download updated bases.
> Possible it's only a stupid antivirus warning - but if it's not a warning -
> it will cost you a lot -
> check the virus description @
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.ctx.virus.html
> (i think that *p.exe is a good reason that this is realy a virus )-:
>
> If it will be true about a virus - don't forget to write who found it ;o)
A check of PHP.EXE from that ZIP file using an up to date AVP from
http://www.avp.com did not show any virus in that file. AVP
specifically
checks for Win32.CTX virii.
-Rasmus