We flagged LOIC as a trojan following a long discussion internally and consulting other vendors on how to categorize it. While LOIC has legitimate uses it does present an edge case in its use as part of attack networks. It is important to keep in mind that Sophos operates only in corporate environments where the existence of a tool like this on an unauthorized machine indicates a threat.
I sorry to hear about the bad experience you had trying to submit a sample. If you want to submit anything in the future please follow the instructions in the KBA below,
We flagged LOIC as a trojan following a long discussion internally and consulting other vendors on how to categorize it. While LOIC has legitimate uses it does present an edge case in its use as part of attack networks. It is important to keep in mind that Sophos operates only in corporate environments where the existence of a tool like this on an unauthorized machine indicates a threat.
I sorry to hear about the bad experience you had trying to submit a sample. If you want to submit anything in the future please follow the instructions in the KBA below,
