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Bad news... The famous PuTTY Secure Shell (SSH) is a trusted tool of users in all avenues of Windows computing.

The real deal is found here:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

More information on the malware version from Symantec:

Symantec Security Blog

1 posted on 05/19/2015 5:17:01 PM PDT by dayglored
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To: dayglored; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
Windows Users Beware -- malware-laden version of well-known SSH client "PuTTY" in the wild ... PING!

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2 posted on 05/19/2015 5:18:01 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Whoa interesting, I install putty for folks at work, thanks for the link.


3 posted on 05/19/2015 5:25:26 PM PDT by the_individual2014
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To: dayglored

What’s a non-geek supposed to do? We’re like PuTTY in their hands?


5 posted on 05/19/2015 5:31:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: dayglored

Thanks for the warning - mine is secure. Nice little utility, been using it for years. BTT


6 posted on 05/19/2015 5:34:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: dayglored

The graphic shows 2013 - has this infected version been out there in the wild this long?


7 posted on 05/19/2015 5:36:17 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: dayglored

How can you protect yourself against this and similar trojans?


13 posted on 05/19/2015 7:55:28 PM PDT by Democrat_media (Obama illegally got his FCC gestapo to impose SOROS' regulations on Internet)
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