McAfee sucks when it comes to security tools, they call them all trojans and hacks. A couple years ago I reported a few bugs in a LanSuite Pro and included a perl script to show the attacks on Bugtraq. McAfee was blocking it a week later... but here's the kicker:
Everyone on the list and any lists it had been forwarded to who had McAfee were sending me e-mails claiming I sent them a virus. I got thousands of these messages flooding my Inbox. McAfee's response was that it was my problem... about 4 months later I stopped getting the messages... but still this is how they act so it shouldn't surprise you metasploit is blocked. -sb On 12/9/05, sk / GroundZero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure because they can pay NOT to be included by virii scanners so they make > more sales ;) > Maybe it wasnt even an error, maybe a little tip from someone to the virii > companies.. who knows. > Reminds me of the Sony case somehow. > > -sk > Http://www.groundzero-security.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Orlando Padilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] McAfee VirusScan vs Metasploit Framework v2.x > > > > Would you yank out Canvas, and Core Impact products as well? > > > > oh, wait... there probably isn't a sig for those so you wouldn't know. > > > > On Friday 09 December 2005 11:38 am, Michael Holstein wrote: > > > > Looks like some overzealous idiot at McAfee added "Trojan" signatures > > > > for > > > > 202 files in the latest version of the Metasploit Framework. If you use > > > > the Framework for your job and have a McAfee support contract, *please* > > > > call them and let them know that their product is incorrectly tagging a > > > > standard security tool as a "Trojan" and that this is interfering with > > > > your ability to conduct business. > > > > > > A gun is a legitimate tool too .. except when it's in criminal hands. > > > > > > McAfee (and any other A/V product) let you configure exceptions/overrides. > > > > > > In my enterprise environment (McAfee, BTW), I would *want* copies of > > > Metasploit yanked automatically from a PC. > > > > > > My $0.02 > > > > > > Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA > > > Cleveland State University > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
