full-disclosure - McAfee VirusScan vs Metasploit Framework v2.x

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Date: Sun Dec 11 10:37:25 2005
From: peak at argo.troja.mff.cuni.cz (Pavel Kankovsky)
Subject: McAfee VirusScan vs Metasploit Framework v2.x

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Debasis Mohanty wrote:

> >> From: H D Moore
> >> Looks like some overzealous idiot at McAfee added "Trojan" signatures for
> >> 202 files in the latest version of the Metasploit Framework.
> 
> Just for the info, they have also added Nmap as "potentially unwanted
> application" (http://vil.mcafeesecurity.com/vil/content/v_100955.htm) 
[...]

Are we making a list?
You can add Symantec reporting a copy of Netcat as a "hacking tool".

--Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak  [ Boycott Microsoft--http://www.vcnet.com/bms ]
"Resistance is futile. Open your source code and prepare for assimilation."