WIN98_OL.CAB: Txt.Malware.CMSTPEvasion-6664831-0 FOUND If this is a false positive, clamscan should be fixed to not flag it. If, however, the image of Windows 98SE and Windows Millenium I downloaded has the same malware in it, that's troubling.
[michael@eagle michael]$ cat winworldpc.com.txt ======================= http://www.winworldpc.com ======================= This archive has originated from WinWorld WinWorld is a site devoted to saving and sharing abandonware -- providing free, unrestricted access to a large collection of old operating systems and applications. We believe old software which has fallen out of use should be available for anyone to use for the purposes of learning and experimentation. Our downloads library can be accessed from our website Stop by WinBoards, our small but long-standing community. Whether you're looking for help or just dropping by to say hello, you can do so easily with no registration required! Do visit us at http://www.WinWorldPC.com [michael@eagle michael]$ If winworldpc.com is a known source of malware disguised as Windows Millenium and Windows 98SE isos, that needs to be common knowledge. Why am I bothering with dos based Windows, actually a hybrid 16 bit/32 bit system on top of MS DOS? Because Q-Soft only works in dos based Windows in an actual QSP-2 made by Tyco. I'm trying to experiment with a Chinese SBC called an EVOC which has a Pentium 4 on it. SBC means single board computer. This SBC has no floppy controller. I'm experimenting with a multi I/O plus floppy plus IDE ISA card meant for a 386 or 486 to see if I can get around Windows 98's buggy usb floppy support. I am employing freedos 1.3 live image, but I can't prove or disprove floppy drive functionality so far. I doubt that the bios of the EVOC supports the int19h bios extension. I have an option to enable onboard floppy controller in the bios, but I think that is intended for a USB based floppy controller. Since I'm using a passive ATX picmg 1.0 backplane, the ISA slot I"m plugging into is not particularly what the I/O card was designed for. It was designed for a motherboard and an old one at that, like a 386 or 486. To solve my malware issue, do I need an MSDN subscription and what does that cost per year? Q-Soft runs in Windows 98SE, Windows Millenium, and it can work in Windows XP but there's no driver for the ISA shared memory card... so XP can only be used to learn how the software works in offline mode. A potential problem with the EVOC being made in China is that it could have hidden hardware for espionage purposes. This is an industrial computer. The Red army has been caught putting hidden hardware into SBC's that phones home so to speak in order to steal secrets from U.S. companies. Apparently, the sophistication of the spy hardware is increasing. It could be hard to detect it as the hardware may lie dormant until something activates it. This SBC is old enough that the Red army may NOT have put espionage hardware in it, but again, how can I know for sure without going to great and expensive lengths? I'm wondering if there is a linux live cd that can help me determine if this EVOC has spy hardware in it or not? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
