[ale] Is it Postgresql.org or my machine (possible crack?)

[James P. Kinney III]

You are in the middle of a network rerouting attack. The real site is up
from my end and the docs link is NOT a binary.

>From a Linux box, download that binary and run f-prot on it. It is most

likely a virus.

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 07:12, John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> If I go to postgresql.org and click on the Docs link from the top, I'm
> prompted to download a binary executable.  I downloaded it to just check
> out the filename, and oddly enough it's called 3tfknaar.exe.
> 
> This is on RH 9 with Mozilla.  Can someone surf out to postgresql.org and
> give it a try?  I actually saw this same behavior a few weeks ago on a
> different site, so I suspect it's something going on our local
> network...could this be a possible exploit/crack?
> 
> Grasping at straws here...
> 
> Hmm...just tried to go back to postgresql, and was prompted for a binary
> download (filename seems random...only similarity is the .exe extension)
> while loading the index page.  Sigh.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
-- 
James P. Kinney III          \Changing the mobile computing world/
CEO & Director of Engineering \          one Linux user         /
Local Net Solutions,LLC        \           at a time.          /
770-493-8244                    \.___________________________./
http://www.localnetsolutions.com

GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>
Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7 

 This is a digitally signed message part