Hello all, this is my first post on this forum but definitely not my last one; I will try to contribute as much as possible.

and now my noob, embarrassing question:

I am taking the CEH exam within the next months and I have been given a 4-DVD set of CEH material. In the Trojan and Backdoors module, a number of famous Trojans is included.

However, my Karpersky Antivirus, after a System Scan, detected this software as Threats (attachment - partial report).

My question is: since I am not executing them, should I be worried? I am thinking of moving the material in a Virtual Machine to keep them in a controlled environment but even if I don't...should I be worried?

Thank you all in advance,

~JJ

If the DVD is from a trusted source, you will not likely infect yourself without executing the reported trojans.

The safest way of handling these trojans would be to move them to a VM that you have a clean snapshot of. Also, if you have adminstrator rights on the box, you can disable AV checks for the directory where you store the files.

I would not recommend disabling AV checks on your DVD drive, though. Make sure you move the files off the DVD to your local filesystem! If you disable AV on a directory, though, you need to be extra careful when you work out of that directory.

Thank you very much for the warm welcoming and replies.

Unfortunately, this material is stored on my HDD as an .iso and mounted on a Virtual DVD Drive.

As suggested, I guess I will have to rip it on a DVD and/or keep it in a VM.


Indeed, I have been an AVG victim...one of those that could not have Metasploit installed because AVG blocked the installation... 

Thank you very much j0rDy!

I will keep you updated with my progress and results, be them positive or negative. I really enjoy it, I just wish I could train more while at work. Unfortunately, it is more of a Security Management job so it does not involve plenty of hands-on/dirty work 

Cheers!

@BillV

Sorry for delaying my answer but I just saw your reply... my apologies.

I was given the DVD's by a colleague also in the security field (probably downloaded via torrent?). I definitely cannot say that I trust this material. After I got them I instantly had them scanned and that's when I posted this question. I have been performing weekly scans since then and the only reported infected files or Trojans are within the specific location. I haven't even browsed the material and I am not planning to, not until I have them contained within a specific environment (VM in the beginning but now on an offline lab Windows System).

Nevertheless, since the Antivirus only reports Trojans in the specific location, it does not seem that anything outside of this location has been infected. is that a safe conclusion?