Superscan.exe
Updated: 21 May 2010 | 9 comments
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Hi.
When I came to work this morning I got a report that superscan.exe was found on a lot of our servers and clients.
This happened after I upgraded the SEP to the latest version and the latest SEPM.
Any idea what superscan.exe is ?
Should I be concerned ?
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Hi, I would strongly suggest
Hi,
I would strongly suggest you to submit this file to the security response team. This appears to be a malicious file.
http://www.threatexpert.com/files/superscan.exe.html
Best,
Aniket
SuperScan is a top Port
SuperScan is a top Port Scanner
SuperScan is a free Windows-only closed-source TCP/UDP port scanner by Foundstone. It includes a variety of additional networking tools such as ping, traceroute, http head, and whois
http://sectools.org/port-scanners.html
VMWARE-- SEP 12.1 vs McAfee vs Trend Micro
Hi. Ok, is it possible that
Hi.
Ok, is it possible that it is installed together with a windows update of some sort ?
And why is it running ?
Symantec believe it is a virus ....
Hi Vikram, Thanks for
Hi Vikram,
Thanks for providing another angle to this situation.
@ Dan: the submission to the security response will just confirm what vikram said, if the file comes clean!
best,
Aniket
The Port Scanner
The Port Scanner applications can be used for find what ports are it is a good tool but if this goes in hands of wrong people it can help them to find open/vulnerable ports on your network so Symantec might detect them
However i checked SupoerScan v4 does not get detected but not sure about Version 3.
VMWARE-- SEP 12.1 vs McAfee vs Trend Micro
Sorry to bother you again
Sorry to bother you again people, but how do I submit the file to the security response team ?
https://submit.symantec.com/
https://submit.symantec.com/basic
VMWARE-- SEP 12.1 vs McAfee vs Trend Micro
Thanx again, everything
Thanx again, everything worked fine until I got to the contact id.
Have tried every possible number I have. None of them are valid.
Any idea where to find this number ?
Well for that you might
Well for that you might contact support..you must know the contact ID as it is very important when it comes to submitting files to Security response you will need that.
VMWARE-- SEP 12.1 vs McAfee vs Trend Micro
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