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  • 1.  Strange Unknown Key hidden in my Keyring

    Posted Apr 23, 2012 02:08 PM

    Anyone see a unknown key appear in the Encrypt  a file Dialog? It shows up when I attempt to encrypt from the clipboard.

    The name is  ################################  , it does not appear in the PGP desktop Application.

     

     

     



  • 2.  RE: Strange Unknown Key hidden in my Keyring

    Posted Apr 23, 2012 02:47 PM

    I have tried to reproduce the issue and i dont see any strange key... Desktop 10.2 + Win7 64

    can you get a screenshoot?

    what pgp version and system?



  • 3.  RE: Strange Unknown Key hidden in my Keyring
    Best Answer

    Posted Apr 24, 2012 10:52 AM

    I feel like a goof. No malicious tricks and not a software bug. Just a little bit of trickster diddling.

    The creator of this key had 6 email and names associated with this key. At the bottom of the list was one odd name/email combination.

    Name: #####################     E-mail: ###########################

    When I went to encrypt a bit of text this Key would be at the top of the choices list, and I was baffled as to who and what it was. My clue was the size of the key, with that I narrowed doown my search list. Well I found my culprit.

    Now my more paranoid side can take a rest. I was wondering if someone had found a way to hide an ADK in the system, and I might have found a slipup where it's presence was exposed.