com web/windows: Inform about Windows Defender warnings: news/2020-08-07-1.php templates/news_line.php

Commit: 16826ccd4436287cb02fe358c04e0e10d015b90a Author: Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> Fri, 7 Aug 2020 11:12:31 +0200 Parents: d50c2990f625b1b417cf8734181501167b320caf Branches: master Link: http://git.php.net/?p=web/windows.git;a=commitdiff;h=16826ccd4436287cb02fe358c04e0e10d015b90a Log: Inform about Windows Defender warnings Changed paths: A news/2020-08-07-1.php M templates/news_line.php Diff: diff --git a/news/2020-08-07-1.php b/news/2020-08-07-1.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..118b1ff --- /dev/null +++ b/news/2020-08-07-1.php @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +<div class="info entry" id="news-2019-10-08-1"> + <!-- .info --> + <h3 class="summary entry-title">Windows Defender Warnings</h3> + <?php news_date('07-Aug-2020') ?> + <div> + <p> + A few days ago, we have noticed that Windows Defender reports some files + in the PHP source and test packages as severe threat, claiming they would + constitute a backdoor (e.g. <i>Backdoor:PHP/Dirtelti.MTF</i>). These files + are auxiliary test files containing <code>eval</code> statements. Are + these files backdoors? That depends on the context, i.e. in this case + whether they are accessible via the Web. If they are, because they have + been uploaded to the webroot of a publicly available Webserver, for + instance, they may pose a serious threat. On the other hand, if they are + just used on a local machine for development and testing purpuses, they + are <em>not</em> malicious in any way. + </p> + <p> + So, if you experience such Windows Defender warnings, examine the reported + files, make sure they don't pose any threat, and then unblock them. + </p> + <p> + Happy PHPing on Windows! + </p> + </div> +</div><!-- .info --> diff --git a/templates/news_line.php b/templates/news_line.php index 5ee5166..edcb4ed 100644 --- a/templates/news_line.php +++ b/templates/news_line.php @@ -1,2 +1,6 @@ - <li id="news-line"><!-- #news-line --> + <li id="news-line" style="line-height: 2em;"><!-- #news-line --> + <p> + Are you seeing a warning from Windows Defender? Check out <a + href="https://windows.php.net/#news-2020-08-07-1">this info</a>. + </p> </li><!-- #news-line --> \ No newline at end of file