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

oric oric.dev at iznogoud.neomailbox.ch
Sun Jul 5 22:05:13 UTC 2015


  ok, thanks for all the help :).
I upgraded again to v4.5.3 and no warning message anymore. In between my
antivirus downloaded a new set of signatures, which can explain it.
ciao
Oric

Quoting Moritz Bartl <moritz at torservers.net>:

> 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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