Trend Micro /
offer a free malware cleanup tool named "HouseCall 7.1" for Windows:
Versions of this "security" product before the current build 1078
from 2010-08-30, published 2010-09-06 (according to HTTP timestamp),
came with outdated and vulnerable OpenSource components:
1. libcurl.dll: version 7.19.0 from 2008-09-01
updated 10 times since, at least 3 times due to vulnerabilities;
see and
2. ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll: version 0.9.8i from 15.2008-09-15
updated 5 times since due to vulnerabilities; see
and
3. bzip2.exe: version 1.0.2
gets downloaded upon start, updated 3 times since then due to
vulnerabilities; see
Users who downloaded this "security" product before 2010-09-07 should
get a new copy ASAP!
Stefan Kanthak
Timeline:
2010-07-08: informed vendor support
no reaction
2010-07-15: informed vendor sales department
2010-07-16: reply from vendor: will forward to product manager
2010-07-21: reply from vendor: service engineering team now in charge
2010-08-26: sent status request to vendor
2010-08-26: reply from vendor: will request status from product manager
no more reaction
2010-09-06: silently fixed
2010-09-16: report published