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| Subject: | Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe |
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| Date: | Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:11:21 -0600 |
On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 12:53 +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote:
Filenames are all but totally useless for diagnosing malware, spyware _AND_ the normal operation of a system.
Actually, I'd say they're fairly useful, if you plug them into google. Sites like iamnotageek.com have pretty good information repositories on what is legitimate and what is not. a filename is no substitute for actual forensic analysis, but it can give you a good leg up on many, many pieces of spyware and malware. -- Jeremy Anderson Author, MultiTool Linux http://www.angelar.com/~jeremy jeremy@angelar.com http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UG0uEnaAUk&isbn=0201734206&itm=8
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