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Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps Nomen Nescio 01-01-2008
Posted by Nomen Nescio on January 1, 2008, 2:50 pm
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"Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade
even the best security programs..."

PC World article: http://301url.com/Malware


Posted by HumorControl.org on January 1, 2008, 7:26 pm
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>>"Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can
>>evade even the best security programs..."

How is this new? Malware has *always* evaded antivirus software -- from the
Melissa virus, written in a paltry 105 lines of Word macro code; to the
ILoveYou virus, written by a mediocre Philippine tech school student; to the
Kournikova virus, created in a few minutes by a guy who knew how to use
drop-down menus in a virus-writing toolkit we already knew about; to the
Goner virus, written by four teenagers who collectively only proved
themselves to be mediocre.

The entire global antivirus brain trust -- with its Ph.Ds and master
degrees -- can ALWAYS be outfoxed by a banal tweenie-bopper who just learned
how to write a batch file. The story you cited tells us nothing new.

Rob



Posted by kurt wismer on January 2, 2008, 11:51 pm
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
> "Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade
> even the best security programs..."
>
> PC World article: http://301url.com/Malware

misleading...

bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even
the best *scanners*...

there are other types of security programs that are better suited to
protecting against entirely new malware... whitelisting, HIPS, etc...

--
"it's not the right time to be sober
now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"

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