Worm contained in gzip.exe?

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Sat Jan 8 22:50:00 GMT 2011


On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 01:33:26PM +0100, mrbaseman@gmx.de wrote:
>Dear developers,
>
>Emsisoft Anti-Malware reports that the worm Worm.Win32.Qvod.ceq!A2 is containted in gzip.exe
>
>I reinstalled the gzip-package from the mirror at Uni Kaiserslautern, but the worm is still there.
>Please have a look if it actually is infected (everywhere or at this specific mirror) or if it is a false alarm by the Malware tool.

1) You're sending email to the wrong mailing list.

2) It is extremely likely that gzip.exe does not contain a worm.



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