[tor-talk] Tor v4.5.3 infected??

Moritz Bartl moritz at torservers.net
Sun Jul 5 21:31:55 UTC 2015


On 07/05/2015 03:30 PM, oric wrote:
> I want to report a virus infection when upgrading to Tor v4.5.3. 

This is highly unlikely to be a "virus infection". Based on the report,
it very much looks like a warning based on heuristics. To quote yourself:

> This program (updater.exe) executed actions in the name of another program
> The program executes a connection to the network
> The program records all keyboard inputs
> An unknown process has been consulted
> The program started another program in order to deactivate himself

These actions can well serve as a warning, but can also be legitimate,
as in this case.

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Moritz Bartl
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