rooshell warning of kaspersky while using a yahoo widget?

[zer0]

i tried the speedfan system monitor yahoo widget but kaspersky warned me that its a rootshell. is it safe to continue using it?

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RootShell

Cyber criminals frequently use this type of software to gain remote shell access to the victim’s system. Root shells bind standard input/output streams to sockets, allowing access to the system.

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[zer0]

it works flawlessly... i hope it does not mess up my system.

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[evilghost]

Likely a false positives due to the API hooks it uses which appears to Kaspersky as a rootkit since they're very low-level.

[Rakeesh]

When it says riskware, that doesn't mean it is definitely a virus, it just means exercise caution because the program is doing something that a certain type of malware often does.

[zer0]

ok thanks guys for the feedback.

@evilghost

your avatar pwns! :D

[evilghost]

Spanks!