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- From: Bob Kline <bkline@rksystems.com>
- To: "David E. Cleary" <davec@progress.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:53:18 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 11 May 2000, David E. Cleary wrote:
> I've just installed the beta version of XML Spy. Shortly thereafter, I
> discovered a process called ICComNet.exe was running on my machine. Upon
> further investigation, I found:
>
> 1. this file was installed by XML Spy in my \WinNT directory
> 2. that it was created by a German company
> 3. that it is an out of process COM server
> 4. That the type library includes methods FindServer, SendDatagram etc.
>
> I'm curious if anyone knows anything about this file. It smells like a
> trojan horse to me. I could not find ANYTHING about this file while
> searching the web or discussion groups.
>
I noticed the same things (my firewall immediately popped up lots of
questions about whether I wanted the application to be permitted to
access the local network, the internet, and even act as a server!). I
said "no" to all these questions of course. I came to the same
tentative conclusion you did.
--
Bob Kline
mailto:bkline@rksystems.com
http://www.rksystems.com
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