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

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 10:56:21 -0800
After updating ClamWin to daily.cld 21032 both the 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows buildbots pass the ClamWin step.

On 11/1/15 10:41 AM, Gerald Combs wrote:
> 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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