full-disclosure - Norton AntiVirus 2005 treats Radmin as a Virus ??!

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From: toddtowles at brookshires.com (Todd Towles)
Subject: Norton AntiVirus 2005 treats Radmin as a Virus ??!

That is a widely used tool that is dropped by various malware programs. I think even one of the JPEG exploits was dropping radmin.exe

It be better to assume you have a infection and prove yourself wrong than the other way around. Look into it pretty deep, I would suggest. 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of Sowhat .
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:51 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Norton AntiVirus 2005 treats 
> Radmin as a Virus ??!
> 
> hi ?list
> 
> I have installed Norton AntiVirus 2005 ,and when i open my 
> F:\ directory ,Norton pops up and show that,"Norton AntiVirus 
> has detected a virus on your computer" "Boject Name 
> F:\radmin.exe" "Virus Name Hacktool".
> 
> Is RemoteAdministrator a commercial remote control software 
> or a Hacktool ?
> 
> the following information is copied from the Radmin's site:
> (http://www.radmin.com/)
> 
> "This fast, reliable, easy-to-use pc remote control software 
> saves you hours of running up and down stairs between 
> computers. Radmin allows you to take control of another PC on 
> a LAN, WAN or dial-up connection so you see the remote 
> computer's screen on your monitor and all your mouse 
> movements and keystrokes are directly transferred to the 
> remote machine. Radmin provides fast secure access to remote 
> PC's on Windows platforms.  "
> 
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