Some virus scanners (and browsers, e.g.
Google Chrome 20.0.1132.47) detect Cain and Abel as
malware.
Avast! detects it as "Win32:Cain-B [Tool]" and classifies it as "Other potentially dangerous program", while
Microsoft Security Essentials detects it as "Win32/Cain!4_9_14" and classifies it as "Tool: This program has potentially unwanted behavior." Even if Cain's install directory, as well as the word "Cain", are added to Avast's exclude list, the real-time scanner has been known to stop Cain from functioning. However, the latest version of Avast no longer blocks Cain.
Symantec (the developer of the
Norton family of computer security software) identified a
buffer overflow vulnerability in version 4.9.24 that allowed for
remote code execution in the event the application was used to open a large
RDP file, as might occur when using the program to analyze network traffic. The vulnerability had been present in the previous version (4.9.23) as well and was patched in a subsequent release. == See also ==