false positive?

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  1. Marshall39

    Marshall39 Registered Member

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    Hi,
    When I try to open Agnitum Outpost Firewall webpage I get this message from Nod32: HTML/Iframe.C.Gen virus
    Is it a false positive or really a virus?
    The website is [noparse]agnitum.fr[/noparse]

    Thanks
     
  2. siljaline

    siljaline Registered Member

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    I visited the site in question and obtained the same detection as you.
    File submitted to ESET for analysis.
     
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  3. danieln

    danieln Eset Staff

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    Hidden IFRAMEs are inserted after the end HTML tag.
    This is a technique used by hackers and malware writers and it is not expected to be seen in the clean legitimate pages. Unfortunately it seems the code was inserted there by the owners because it silently loads URLs from agnitum.com, agnitum.de, agnitum.ru.
    My colleagues will try to adjust this detection. We would appreciate the legitimate web-designers to avoid such techniques in the future.
     
  4. siljaline

    siljaline Registered Member

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    Thank you for this information, the detection was either removed or Agnitum has removed the iFrame tag. At least at agnitum.fr
     
  5. Marshall39

    Marshall39 Registered Member

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    Thank you for your reply:) I was also surprised that agnitume would be hacked but you never know...cheers
     
  6. siljaline

    siljaline Registered Member

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    It's not that the Agnitum sites were hacked per se, the iFrame tag was causing the flag, although I do not know if it has been removed from all Agnitum country sites.

    Agnitum.fr (France), appears to have remedied this issue, for now.
     
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