Re: possible viri in tarballs?

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 05 February 2014, Gene Heskett wrote:
>Greetings;
>
>I recently brought a daily system scan by clamscan back to life, and its
>emailing me this:
>
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.8.2/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.12.6/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.8.3/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.12.9/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.4.36/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.0.69/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>/home/gene/src/linux-3.2.40/Documentation/usb/gadget_multi.txt:
>MBL_400944.UNOFFICIAL FOUND
>
>Repeat for several other kernel trees.
>FP or ??
>
>Cheers, Gene

Someone thought its an FP, so I took this to the clamav list and got some 
links, it is a highest threat Password revealer first seen by 

<http://www.threatexpert.com/reports.aspx?find=PSWTool.Win32.PassViewer.av&x=11&y=9>

on 12/07/2011.

Over on <http://www.malwarepatrol.net/cgi/search.pl?id=400944>

You will see more history.

So that file needs sanitized.  I was under the impression that a file with 
the .txt extension was supposed to be pure ascii text, but its loaded to 
the gills with some sort of markup crap.  And I have at least 20 copies of 
it.

Cheers, Gene
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