On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:


> 9) In trying to determine if, by some weird mischance, my computer had become
> infected, I used two AV scanners, one spyware scanner, and two rootkit 
> scanners.
> (All results negative, although the Sophos rootkit scanner could have been a 
> bit
> clearer about what it had "found.")  Of course, I've been in the field for 
> over two
> decades.  How would the average user (or even a security professional in a 
> non-
> malware field) even know that there are different types of scanners?  (Let 
> alone
> the non-signature based tools.)


I'd use a sniffer.
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