Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Trojan in Ethereal software

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 13:00:57 -0500 (CDT)
According to

  http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-users/200206/msg00072.html

this is a false positive.  If you upgrade to a current Sophos IDE
version (3.59/3.60) you shouldn't see the warning.



On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 Demetri.Karavas@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm enclosing a screen capture of the Ethereal Version (0.95) that I'm 
> running as well a capture of my anti virus software virus notification.
> 
> Apparently the uninstaller for Ethereal contains the Momma-b Trojan. This 
> has been found on all three of the systems that we have installed the 
> software on. 
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this virus while using ethereal?
> 
> 
> 
> Demetri Karavas
> Technical Analyst
> Federated Insurance Company of Canada
> (800) 665-1934 x 555
> (204) 786-6431 x 555
> Federated Insurance Company of Canada