Mostly XP (with new extended life-cycle!), but Vista and 7 as well. -- Espi
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > What OSes are you seeing this with, btw? > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Maybe I'm nuts. Maybe I'm sick of dealing with malware. But I have some >> very simple questions about things I almost ALWAYS see on infected systems. >> Perhaps someone here can clarify something for me that I have yet to see >> Microsoft and any antivirus vender directly address. I'm gonna start this >> with one point, and then how the conversation goes: >> >> I almost always see malware injection points in the allusers\appdata >> folder. In these instances I *always* see a reference in one of the "run" >> registry keys. >> >> As far as I know; this top level appdata filer should NOT contain files at >> all. I repeat: NO FILES AT F'ING ALL. >> >> Can someone confirm this? Can someone with contacts at Microsoft or other >> AV providers confirm why this is completely overlooked when scanning? This >> is were 0-day malware live very commonly. This is very easy to check! >> >> Thank you for your time and any vender reach-outs you can provide. >> >> I'm currently working on a set of scripts to check what I consider very >> foolish things like this. If anyone wants to team-up, please do. >> >> -- >> Espi >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
