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Posted by Leythos on August 5, 2006, 7:10 pm
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> B. Nice wrote:
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> >> So, it being detected means that he's got the right idea, about how the
> >> actual malware works, but what he's failed to address is that his POC is
> >> worthless on a properly configured computer.
> >
> > What do you mean by "properly configured computer"?
>
> Please add at least a smilie when you know that he doesn't know an answer.
>
> Anyway, even that has been discussed: Any security-related software
> should, if it has to open windows, explicitly catch and ignore all
> unknown messages. Microsoft could probably change DefaultWinProc(), but
> it would be risky in terms of breaking applications. Nothing of this is
> in your hand if you don't have the source code and didn't compile it
> yourself, and I've never seen any software where this behaviour could be
> optionally enabled by configuration.
I'm waiting on you to explain how to configure a Windows computer so
that AV tools are completely unnecessary on a machine used by a typical
family with kids and adults for | 
