Hi,

For a user like me who must always edit openjump.bat file manually at least for 
adding proxy settings OJ.exe does not give much extra. It would be nice if 
program launcher had some kind of configuration assistant for setting proxy and 
Java settings and perhaps logging level as well.

-Jukka Rahkonen-

> -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> Lähettäjä: Stefan Steiniger [mailto:sst...@geo.uzh.ch] 
> Lähetetty: 15. syyskuuta 2009 8:40
> Vastaanottaja: OpenJump develop and use
> Aihe: Re: [JPP-Devel] Virus/Spyware 'Troj/Agent-KRQ' in 
> OpenJump 1.3 zip file
> 
> thanks for the analysis Ede and the comments (Larry et al).
> Not sure what we are going to do - as I think the risk of a 
> virus is probably small. The question is how to check that 
> properly (with minimal effort ;) A network sniffer?
> 
> btw. for the earlier versions of OJ.exe we used jsmooth 
> already. But, as others pointed out: Then we can not use the 
> *.bat file for configuration, which is really nice right now. 
> Setting up a proper ini system is something above my skills 
> by now... unfortunately
> 
> my 2 cents (although a bit biased, avoiding to make a new 
> release ;) stefan
> 
> Larry Becker schrieb:
> > I believe the Manifest currently being generated includes 
> all of the 
> > lib entries.  You can run the jar directly, but there is still the 
> > issue of the "-properties" and "-plug-in-directory" command line 
> > parameters, not to mention the "-Xms512M", etc. Java OPTS.
> > 
> > I can build an executable "batch file runner" using AutoIt, 
> but some 
> > virus programs will flag it too for the same reasons 
> already mentioned.
> > On the other hand, SkyJUMP uses a modified version of the Eclipse 
> > runner app, which is (theoretically) cross platform.  
> However the ini 
> > file it uses gives far less control over options than some 
> users would 
> > like.  It would seem that there is no perfect, or even good 
> solution 
> > for launching Java apps.
> > 
> > regards,
> > Larry
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:02 AM, <edgar.sol...@web.de 
> > <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>> wrote:
> > 
> >     well,
> > 
> >     it is a tradeoff,
> > 
> >     pro is the execution of the batch file which allows to 
> change the
> >     runtime environment startup variables (even after the 
> startup exe is
> >     already created)
> >     con is the probable false detection because a windows 
> binary tries to
> >     start a batch file ...
> > 
> >     What is really needed is a configurable launcher. 
> Recent java runtime
> >     environments setup windows and others to execute jars 
> if a correct
> >     manifest file is included. Maybe we should stop using 
> platform specific
> >     workarounds to build classpaths and add memory 
> variables and implement
> >     this in a pure java launcher?
> > 
> >     ... ede
> > 
> > 
> >     On 14.09.2009 17:07, Sunburned Surveyor wrote:
> >      > This really stinks.
> >      >
> >      > Has anyone tried a program like JSmooth?
> >      >
> >      > http://jsmooth.sourceforge.net/
> >      >
> >      > Or Janel?
> >      >
> >      > http://www.redskaper.com/Janel.jsp
> >      >
> >      > I know just enough C programming to be really 
> dangerous. In the worst
> >      > case scenario I could try whipping up a native 
> launcher for OJ. I'd
> >      > probably try it first on Linux, and then on MS Windows.
> >      >
> >      > The Sunburned Surveyor
> >      >
> >      > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Giuseppe Aruta
> >      > <giuseppe_ar...@yahoo.it 
> <mailto:giuseppe_ar...@yahoo.it>>  wrote:
> >      >> For me it is OK to replace or to eliminate the OJ.exe file
> >      >>
> >      >> Peppe
> >      >>
> >      >> --- Dom 13/9/09, edgar.sol...@web.de
> >     <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de><edgar.sol...@web.de
> >     <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>>  ha scritto:
> >      >>
> >      >>> Da: edgar.sol...@web.de
> >     <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de><edgar.sol...@web.de
> >     <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>>
> >      >>> Oggetto: Re: [JPP-Devel] Virus/Spyware 'Troj/Agent-KRQ' in
> >     OpenJump 1.3 zip file
> >      >>> A: "OpenJump develop and
> >     use"<jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> >     <mailto:jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> >      >>> Data: Domenica 13 settembre 2009, 13:31
> >      >>> Downloaded the recent version of the
> >      >>> converter and redid peppe's steps...
> >      >>> interestingly the result still has some hits, obviously the
> >      >>> way of
> >      >>> executing a batch file during run time is something some
> >      >>> malware does
> >      >>> similarly.
> >      >>> Also the resulting exe file is UPX packed, which is often
> >      >>> regarded as
> >      >>> suspicious, because viruses often try to cloak themselves
> >      >>> by that.
> >      >>> http://is.gd/3dvL6
> >      >>>
> >      >>> and a more frightening result from the online conversion
> >      >>> also offered on
> >      >>> the site
> >      >>> http://is.gd/3dxKU
> >      >>>
> >      >>> As I don't know anything about the author of the tool, it
> >      >>> is
> >      >>> unfortunately not trustworthy and even if these are just
> >      >>> false alarms
> >      >>> (seems probable, because of the differing results,
> >      >>> especially in case
> >      >>> one above) I don't think the project should take the risk
> >      >>> of delivering
> >      >>> viruses.
> >      >>> This leaves to suggest - the binary should be removed from
> >      >>> the
> >      >>> distribution.
> >      >>>
> >      >>> I additionally searched for a replacement and found
> >      >>> http://www.abyssmedia.com/quickbfc/
> >      >>> which seems to come without UPX compression and only 3 hits
> >      >>> on
> >      >>> virustotal, from which 2 are heuristical. This could be
> >      >>> candidate for a
> >      >>> replacement.
> >      >>> http://is.gd/3dzL6
> >      >>>
> >      >>> .. regards ede
> >      >>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>> On 13.09.2009 07:28, Giuseppe Aruta wrote:
> >      >>>> Hi all,
> >      >>>> I am still out for work so I cannot take time for
> >      >>> Oenjump.
> >      >>>> oj.exe: I create a script with only one line
> >      >>> "openjump.bat", save as oj.bat, and transform nto oj.ee
> >     <http://oj.ee>
> >      >>> using "bat to exe converter" by f2ko
> >     "http://www.f2ko.de/English/index.php";.
> >      >>>>
> >      >>>> Peppe
> >      >>>>
> >      >>>> --- Mar 8/9/09, Michaël Michaud<michael.mich...@free.fr
> >     <mailto:michael.mich...@free.fr>>
> >      >>> ha scritto:
> >      >>>>
> >      >>>>
> >      >>>>> Da: Michaël Michaud<michael.mich...@free.fr
> >     <mailto:michael.mich...@free.fr>>
> >      >>>>> Oggetto: Re: [JPP-Devel] Virus/Spyware
> >      >>> 'Troj/Agent-KRQ' in OpenJump 1.3 zip file
> >      >>>>> A: "OpenJump develop and
> >     use"<jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> >     <mailto:jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>>
> >      >>>>> Data: Martedì 8 settembre 2009, 23:33
> >      >>>>> Hi Stefan, Peppe,
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>> I also get a message from my antivirus because of
> >      >>> OJ.exe:
> >      >>>>> My antivirus (antivir) says it is :
> >      >>> TR/Crypt.ULPM.Gen -
> >      >>>>> Trojan
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>> I don't worry much about it, but let's see with
> >      >>> Peppe how
> >      >>>>> the OJ.exe has
> >      >>>>> been made and if the alert can be removed by
> >      >>> creating a new
> >      >>>>> exe.
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>> Michaël
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>> Stefan Steiniger a écrit :
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>> mhm..
> >      >>>>>>
> >     
> http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/ef8f87e0ebaa203a51f98e1d1e6
> b68af68ca2ac1b2513181ede852268cceebd0-1252436424
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>>> not sure what this means.
> >      >>>>>> Actually somebody uploaded it before I did
> >      >>> already
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>>> stefan
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>>> edgar.sol...@web.de <mailto:edgar.sol...@web.de>
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>> wrote:
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>> What does virustotal.com 
> <http://virustotal.com> has to say
> >     about
> >      >>> it? ..
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>> Probably a mismatch
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>> because of the executing external code
> >      >>> routine.
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>> .. ede
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>> On 07.09.2009 16:12, Rahkonen Jukka
> >      >>> wrote:
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>> Hi,
> >      >>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>> My OJ.exe has been on my disk for
> >      >>> several
> >      >>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>> months but just a few weeks ago eTrust Antivirus
> >      >>> gave the
> >      >>>>> first virus alarm. F-Secure Client Security is not
> >      >>> worried
> >      >>>>> at all. I do not know if it is a false alarm or
> >      >>> not.
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>> -Jukka Rahkonen-
> >      >>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> >      >>>>>>>>> Lähettäjä: Malte Weller
> >      >>> [mailto:wel...@umwelt.uni-hannover.de
> >     <mailto:wel...@umwelt.uni-hannover.de>]
> >      >>>>>>>>> Lähetetty: 7. syyskuuta 2009
> >      >>> 15:18
> >      >>>>>>>>> Vastaanottaja: OpenJump develop
> >      >>> and use
> >      >>>>>>>>> Aihe: [JPP-Devel] Virus/Spyware
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>> 'Troj/Agent-KRQ' in OpenJump
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> 1.3 zip file
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> Hi,
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> I just downloaded version 1.3 (zip
> >      >>> and
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>> source files) from
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> SourceForge and my Sophos
> >      >>> antivirus
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>> software informed me
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> about a trojan
> >      >>>>>>>>> (Troj/Agent-KRQ) in the OJ.exe
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>> (openjump-1.3\bin\OJ.exe).
> >      >>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> Can someone else confirm this?
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>> Greetings from Hanover.
> >      >>>>>>>>> Malte
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>>>>>>>
> >      >>>
> >      >>>>>>>>
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