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JGarnettAU
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11 months ago
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Suspicious "DropboxUpdater" file appears to be passing itself as legitimate Dropbox file

Hi, I'm informing you about this both to let you know that Dropbox may be being used as a means to get through firewalls, and to get this on the record for other people having the same issue. I will ...
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    Neal
    10 months ago

    Hi JGarnettAU, the C:\Program Files\Dropbox\DropboxUpdater\123.0.6299.61\updater.exe binary is an expected change, and that as long as it has a valid signature from Dropbox it is legitimate.

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Neal
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10 months ago

Hi JGarnettAU, the C:\Program Files\Dropbox\DropboxUpdater\123.0.6299.61\updater.exe binary is an expected change, and that as long as it has a valid signature from Dropbox it is legitimate.

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