On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Now there is a very common misconception if it comes to malware and >> security. Viruses and Trojans don't try to exploit any vulnerabilities >> that need to be fixed, they simply take advantage of features offered by >> the OS (modifying files, creating files, establishing connections to >> some C&C etc.). >> >> AV software is basically looking for all known malware and is trying to >> detect new (i.e. unknown) malware based on behaviour or similarities to >> known malware. Anything that can be learned from such a contest has >> allready been shown back in the early 90s. >> >> The contest may provide some interesting insights if it were up against >> behaviour-based protection and HIPS actively running on a system, but >> against a bunch of commandline-AV-scanners? C'mon... > > Why ruin a perfectly pointless skiddie piddling match by introducing a > few pertinent facts? > > You Germans have no sense of humour...
But great beer... > > > Regards, > > Nick FitzGerald > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
