Bug 364239

Summary:	cpuburn - is it a spyware
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Joseph <syscon780>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

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.