[arch-general] ClamAV Flagging systemd package

[Leonid Isaev]

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 05:19:29PM +0200, LoneVVolf wrote:
> On 14-07-18 16:52, David Murray via arch-general wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > My nightly full-system ClamAV scan kicked out this last night:
> > 
> > /var/cache/pacman/pkg/systemd-238.133-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz: Unix.Trojan.Vali-6606621-0 FOUND
> > 
> > Is this something I should be concerned about?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > Dave
> > 
> https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/1aef694958c06497a8c5e98b0e6914b2a9af48faff736fcb42e3855377ee8e19/detection
> 
> That shows 2 engines that detect something, Baidu and ClamAV .
> 
> https://pcfixguides.com/how-to-effectively-remove-unix-trojan-vali-6606621-0-from-your-computer/
> 
> It appears to be able to infect windows and Mac systems, and
> does look threatening.
> 
> Not sure who should look into this, but Arch Security Team
> seems most applicable.
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Security_Team
> 
> LW

Nobody.

What's the point of running a scan of a host from that host itself? And on top
of that, the suspected malware has already been executed because you mention a
pkg in the cache...

Anyway, a brief google search reveals that this particular trojan turned up
in many distros, so it is most likely a false positive.

Cheers,
-- 
Leonid Isaev