Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f...
by dymk on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:56PM
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They did, really.
If you think they're going through the hassle to ship a font file but sleight-of-hand install a different font, then why do you think they wouldn't also go through the hassle of further hide what they're doing? For instance, replace a preexisting font you wouldn't think to look at?
If you think it's honest-to-god malware, then provide evidence that it's malware. Installing a font does not make software malware. Checking for the presence of an installed font is not malware.
Sure, the installer ships a font file, and sure, the most obvious answer is that it's just installed as is.
But my app also ships a bunch of templates, and it doesn't mean users will always see the same thing when they're loaded. The font binary could have some magic number that's replaced with a fingerprint ID.
Most likely it isn't, but the work to verify would actually involve installing TV in two different machines, and comparing the installed files.