From: Sagar Kapadia <sagar@cloudnineconsulting.in>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: XLanuch.exe is a Trojan-It allows remote control of my pc without my knowledge or permission
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:07:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPXRkNEx44KFypaqj+hjrF+r8Es-xSmBTCcT2PED7XSrAchGNw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
HI,
I wish to report that Cygwin.XLaunch.exe is a Trojan and it allows
remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or permission. I
installed the cygwin package and the Xwindows server too. However,
today, I found somebody controlling my pc remotely. I know because the
mouse behaved erratically and then the XLanuch configuration screen
came up. I tried to kill it using the Task Manager but it would
restart. I had to reboot and turn off networking and then delete the
cygwin folder.
McAfee did not report this as a Trojan. I have written a mail to
McAfee notifying them of this issue.
I dont know if you are aware of this issue or not, but I found it
serious enough to report.
to summarize
XLaunch allows remote control of a pc without the users knowledge or permission.
Sincerely,
Sagar R. Kapadia,
India
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next reply other threads:[~2017-06-28 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-28 16:07 Sagar Kapadia [this message]
2017-06-28 16:21 ` Erik Soderquist
2017-06-28 16:55 ` Brian Inglis
2017-06-28 22:03 ` bzs
2017-06-28 22:13 ` Dan Kegel
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