FW: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware!

[Dick Dievendorff]

Trying again without the picture.

Dick, K6KR

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Dievendorff [mailto:dieven at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:36 AM
To: 'Dave G4AON'; 'k3support at elecraft.com'; 'wayne burdick';
'elecraft at mailman.qth.net'
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware!

I'm the author of the K3 Utility. Dave, you certainly got my attention with
this one!

Right after your post I installed SpySweeper on two of my systems, the
development system that I use to build the K3 Utility and its setup, and a
test system that was used to install the K3 Utility from the Elecraft web
site.

I ran a full SpySweeper scan on both systems.  SpySweeper found "no Malware"
on either system.  I've attached the screen I got from the development
system that has at least four copies of the setup program you ran.

Having said that, I can't explain your SpySweeper results.  But I'll hazard
a guess:

The K3 Utility does contain FTP code used to copy firmware files from
Elecraft's server to your Firmware Folder.  If a scanner like SpySweeper
looks for patterns that match FTP code (or analyzes the OS services I use),
it might flag the K3 Utility as a program that "reaches out".  The K3
Utility does not transfer files from your PC to Elecraft (or anywhere else).
It uses FTP to search a directory and get files, copying data from Elecraft
to your computer and not the reverse.

I also ran a virus scan on one system using AVG and the other using a CA
product.  Both scans indicated no virus found.

73 de Dick, K6KR


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave G4AON
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:13 PM
To: k3support at elecraft.com; wayne burdick; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Latest updater reported as Spyware!

For some reason my Spysweeper reports the latest updater (1.0.11.19) as
trying to install the adware program "Give4Free". It may be a false positive
and a problem with the anti-spyware program rather than Elecraft software.
Anyone else getting a similar problem?

73 Dave, G4AON
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