jakemonO Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 This is a cross-post from the avast forums: http://forum.avast.c...p?topic=77661.0I got this (see attached screenshot) warning from Avast today that bittorrent.exe was accessing a secure POP server. Even though I trust bittorrent, this behavior is somewhat odd and I immediately suspect that my bt was hijacked by a botnet. I immediately killed the bittorrent process and uninstalled it, but how would I make sure that the same problem won't recur if I reinstall BT? Anyone with any help/suggestions/tips in this regard? thanks(file uploader seems broke, see attachment on original post: http://forum.avast.c....0;attach=64637) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Actually, that's most likely a false positive.What is more likely to have happened is that a remote user is using the port normally used for secure POP as their listen port.You can block outbound connection attempts to these ports in the advanced preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Additionally, the avast forums won't let unregistered users view attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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