HSBC Trojan warning tracked down as false alarm
17 August 2009
A false alert left users of Kaspersky's internet security software fearing there was malware on HSBC's website last weekend.
Users of Kaspersky Internet Security logging onto HSBC's Personal Internet Banking site were incorrectly informed that a malicious file containing the HTLM-Agent-CE Trojan had been loaded onto their systems. However the warning was only a false alarm which was "rectified quickly", according to a Kaspersky spokesman.
False positives affect almost all security vendors from time to time. Normally incidents involve mistaking an application or, much worse, a system file for malware following a virus definition update. Mistaking legitimate scripts for something potentially malign is also possible, as the latest incident with Kaspersky and HSBC shows.
Other security firms contacted on Monday morning said they hadn't seen anything malign on HSBC's website.
Source: The Register
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