There would certainly be things that you couldn't keep up with, but things like Kazaa don't tend to change their URL so often. Even the name of the .exe would be a good step forward.
The purpose is not to try to completely stop malware from getting on the computer, but to make the user aware of the consequences of them installing a program that they think is ok. Spike Jochem van Dieten wrote: > Spike wrote: > >>I would bet that a simple firefox extension that did a lookup of known >>URLs for spyware before anything is downloaded would make a significant >>difference. > > > I doubt a list of URLs could keep up. BotNet C&Cs now rotate by > the hour as a preventive measure and when they are taken down DNS > is updated within minutes. > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
