We got hit with this too.  We have a mix of 2.3 and 2.4 at the moment.
I got notifications like these for several of my servers last night.
Is anyone else having this problem?

Can anyone verify that it's a false positive?

OSSEC HIDS Notification.
2010 Jul 13 05:11:21

Received From: (Server1) x.y.x.w ->WinEvtLog
Rule: 40113 fired (level 12) -> "Multiple viruses detected - Possible
outbreak."
Portion of the log(s):

WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server1: The file c:\Program Files\ossec-agent\service-stop.exe contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server1: The file C:\PROGRAM FILES\OSSEC-AGENT\SERVICE-STOP.EXE contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server1: The file C:\PROGRAM FILES\OSSEC-AGENT\SERVICE-STOP.EXE contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server1: The file C:\PROGRAM FILES\OSSEC-AGENT\SERVICE-STOP.EXE contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server2: The file c:\Program Files\ossec-agent\service-stop.exe contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server2: The file c:\Program Files\ossec-agent\service-stop.exe contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
WinEvtLog: Application: WARNING(258): McLogEvent: SYSTEM: NT AUTHORITY:
Server2: The file c:\Program Files\ossec-agent\service-stop.exe contains
Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.


On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've determined that the servers that experienced this were running
> OSSEC Agent version 2.3.  According to VirusTotal, 6/42 AV vendors
> alert on this file:
> http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/ffd7b8326c2d57c236e4ac68e593c2b4a2246a149bf3bfec32d7e218858369d2-1279009310
>
> For comparison, here's the VirusTotal report for service-stop.exe from
> OSSEC Agent version 2.4.1 (0/42 AV vendors alert):
> http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/173034447d2ce6cba0969a82afeac24050b835879bfa0c51bb5243cc184490d2-1279019047
>
> Doug Burks
>
> On Jul 13, 10:20 am, Doug Burks <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This morning, McAfee Antivirus began deleting service-stop.exe on our
>> servers:
>>
>> The file C:\Program Files\ossec-agent\service-stop.exe contains
>> Generic Downloader.x!eaf Trojan.  The file was successfully deleted.
>>
>> Is anybody else seeing this?

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