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PHF_CGI attack ?

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:21 pm
by NascarFool
NortonInternetSecurity (NIS) blocked a PHF_CGI attack from one of my networked comps to my main comp. I can find no info on this with google. Anyone have any clues ?

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:49 pm
by donk
Are you running a web server on your main comp?

More info on this here:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/av ... f_cgi.html

Looks pretty harmless.

Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:04 pm
by NascarFool
No webserver. All four comps use a router to share the cable connection and all four only share the "Shared Documents" directory.

*Edit: Update:
Seems to be something to do with Folding at Home. I get hit with the security alert only when I restart the folding program.