364239 – cpuburn - is it a spyware

Bug 364239 - cpuburn - is it a spyware

Summary: cpuburn - is it a spyware

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Reported:	2011-04-20 13:20 UTC by Joseph
Modified:	2011-04-20 13:29 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Joseph 2011-04-20 13:20:59 UTC

On a forum somebody suggested "cpuburn" to test my cpus as my system is crashing.
I've install it from portage: app-benchmarks/cpuburn-1.4
There is no help file, nor information how to run it.
When I tried to visit their home page, nothing loads and new windows pops up trying to search my "bookmarks and history"
Is it some kind of virus program or a spyware?

Comment 1 Joseph 2011-04-20 13:25:02 UTC

Here the home link that is reported by portage:

eix CPUBurn
* app-benchmarks/cpuburn
     Available versions:  1.4!s
     Homepage:            http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/
     Description:         designed to heavily load CPU chips [testing purposes]

Comment 2 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester

2011-04-20 13:29:32 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)

>      Homepage:            http://pages.sbcglobal.net/redelm/

works fine here.
It opens a popup from AT&T stating that the hosting he is using will be shut down. Other than that, nothing suspicious is to be found there.

The ebuild installs a README file. check /usr/share/doc.