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2004 Dec 11
2
Security exploit downloaded with FLAC?
As is my routine every couple of weeks, I ran Pest Patrol anti-spyware
software, and was disturbed to find it came back saying that the file
FLAC/COPYING.FDL was a security exploit known as "Virus Tutorial" or
VTool/jul2. This has left me wondering if FLAC is to be trusted. Here's
what PestPatrol's web site has to say about it:
Exploit: A way of breaking into a system. An exploit takes advantage of a
weakness in a system in order to hack it. Exploits are the root of the
hacker culture. Hackers ga...
2004 Dec 11
0
Security exploit downloaded with FLAC?
..., Dec 11, 2004 at 07:37:40PM -0500, Helen Glazer wrote:
> As is my routine every couple of weeks, I ran Pest Patrol anti-spyware
> software, and was disturbed to find it came back saying that the file
> FLAC/COPYING.FDL was a security exploit known as "Virus Tutorial" or
> VTool/jul2. This has left me wondering if FLAC is to be trusted.
Well, since the file in question is just a text file, my guess is that
this is a false positive, where it just happens to contain something
similar to a known malware program.
You don't say which FLAC package you downloaded, but th...