Thread: cGPSMapper up to v0.100d (Routable) and (Pro) incl. keygen and patch

Originally Posted by Antonio19

Hey Midnight Blues,

I did install today cGPSmapper v0099b Routable release from Team ROGUE on my Vista x64 PC. However although my McAfee VirusScan Enterprise did not see anything, my (free) firewall Windows 7 FireWall Control from SphinxSoftware (sphinx-soft.com) did catch the patcher Patch.exe trying to get on the internet ... Hence it must contain a Trojan ... Therefore it is better to have a functioning FireWall or to disconnect from the internet while installing ...

Well, the Keymaker.exe file appears to be safe ...

Thanks for info Antonio, good to know.
Nobody should connect to internet without good firewall, but just for example, I'm using "HEXelon MAX 6" calculator, all updates are disabled, but it is trying to connect to internet whenever I run it.
Is it Trojan too?

Hi Midnight Blues,

Well, at this time I did not install the HEXelon MAX 6 on my PC. From it's website I see it is a freeware, so you never had to use a patch or keygen. In most cases, the reason why such applications try to connect to the internet is that they look for an update or a new version. This can be confirmed if you can de-select this feature in the Configuration of the tool.

Well if your application has updates disabled and do not need to get any information from the internet, then it's a curious behavior. This might be a Trojan. Although not all Trojan are harmful, this is surely an un-vanted function from the end user point of view. I would block it on my Firewall.

However, if this behavior (trying to connect on the internet) is coming from a Patch or Keygen, there is a 100 % chance that you face a Trojan ... which my might be harmful because its owner is unknown.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Antonio19

Well it looks like on the web site of HEXelon MAX 6, they say :

"Exchange rates table and currency converter are update from Internet by one click"

This may be the reason why it is seeking an internet connection when it starts ...

Hi Antonio,
Thanks for info, that was just an example, let's get back to the topic.