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What is nuke it from orbit? [duplicate]
I was reading this
Windows 2003 Enterprise infected by Conficker; post-infection problems continue
And they talk about nuking it from orbit (which apparently means wiping out the system and starting ...
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How do antiviruses scan for thousands of malware signatures in a short time?
Most antiviruses have hundreds of thousands or even millions of malware signatures and yet they scan many files in a reasonable short time with high detection rates. Even real-time scanners doesn't ...
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How can I tell whether this computer is part of a botnet?
One of the computers that I manage (in the family, not business) has a weird set of files in its boot: bash.exe, curl.exe, uname.exe, sed.exe, rm.exe, tail.exe, cut.exe, awk.exe, cat.exe, chmod.exe, ...
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How does one test AV against zero-day malware?
Lately, I've read several articles about anti-malware software and one thing caught my eye - ability to detect zero-day attacks.
In short - how does anti-malware / anti-virus industry test their own ...
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Why Adobe is recommending McAfee security scan during flash player installation?
Why is Adobe recommending a McAfee security scan during the installation of flash player?
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1answer
235 views
Where can a virus or other malware “hide” on common PC and Mac hardware?
I'm looking for a detailed list of locations that viruses can "hide" in modern hardware even after a reboot.
Some things that come to mind include
Boot BIOS/Firmware
CPU Microcode
Connected PCI ...
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1answer
404 views
Have any viruses leveraging the GPU been discovered in the wild? What is the mitigation?
This news article from 2010 discusses how a GPU can be used by a virus to avoid detection by common anti-malware/anti-virus software. The idea is to obfuscate the virus payload and leverage the GPU's ...
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1answer
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How should I select an antimalware solution?
As I prepare to reinstall the software on my machine, I am currently reevaluating my choice of anti-malware software for home use. What factors should I be considering? How reputable are AV-test and ...
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What are the leading cloud-based anti-malware software according to indepedant reviews [closed]
I used to have prevx (2 year paid license) in addition to my regular antivirus.
In those 2 years, prevx haven't updated even once. So, I am assuming its not really maintained so I waited for the 2 ...
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3answers
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Does AV software protect web applications (Twitter, Facebook, etc) from attacks? (CSRF, etc)
Is it correct to say that AV software focuses on downloaded executables and locally malicious activity, and it doesn't actively scan HTTP/S content for web based attacks such as CSRF, XSS, phishing ...
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To what extent is FREE 3rd party antivirus software better than Windows 8 defender (if any)?
As someone who is not in a position to currently purchase an antivirus suite, I would like to know if having a free Avira or Avast or similar program is worth the overall system performance drop (I ...
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1answer
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Is there a website or free downloadable program to identify and remove malware from an ISO file?
Is there a website or free downloadable program that allows a user to identify and remove multiple types of malware from an ISO file?
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Will antivirus detect all keyloggers?
Our company schedules Security Training courses for our personnel.
In order for us to test them, we develop code such as keyloggers which we email to our personnel to detect stupid personnel, and of ...
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Malware or buggy software gives Low Disk Space warning
Since a few days, I am getting an alert that in my c drive disk space is low. When I verified, free space in my c drive was decreasing hour by hour and there was a stage when it simply said that 0 mb ...
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Why does Antivirus Softwares have an Issue with EXE Packers
Im trying to pack an Executable using an Exe Packer like UPX.I packed and checked the File with VirusTotal.com.Here some 9 Antivirus Products say its a Virus actually its a harmless exe.I think the AV ...
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3answers
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How do anti-virus & anti-malware programs protect themselves?
I would assume that A/V products would need to employ the same kinds of techniques used by the software they are trying to cleanse to ensure that they can continue to run in such hostile environments. ...
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1answer
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Why does Microsoft Security Essentials remove Chrome in some situations?
According to Google, Microsoft Security Essentials is currently detecting some versions of the Chrome browser as malware. Could someone have hacked Google and put a virus into some Chrome updates? ...
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556 views
Battling Malware without spending money
Our environment consists of about 80 users running Windows 7. Previous to me showing up as a full time IT employee, the company had contracted an outsource IT solution. As part of their set up, they ...
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Are there any independent organizations doing (publicly available) IT security research?
When looking up security risks on the net I find that all research being cited (if any is cited) always seems to come from the Anti-Malware companies. (just e.g., this article cites F-secure, AVG and ...
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1answer
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Behaviourism and heuristics in AV
In one local magazine I read interview with Adrian Porcescu who is technical consultant in Kaspersky Lab.
Anyway, among other, he says their anti-virus uses behaviourism and heuristic control to ...
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How to scan a PDF for malware?
Can anyone suggest an automated tool to scan a PDF file to determine whether it might contain malware or other "bad stuff"? Or, alternatively, assigns a risk level to the PDF?
I would prefer a free ...
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2answers
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Force AV Scan of USB drive vs. File-Access Scan
I have been evaluating MS Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 vs. Kasperskey 2010.
One of the major differences in features seems to be that Kasperskey gives the option to force the full scan of a USB ...
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885 views
Are signature based antivirus or antimalware effective?
Are signature based antivirus or antimalware solutions effective? Has the battle been lost against the ever increasing amount of malware, particularly rootkits, that are in the wild?
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Antivirus, antimalware and antispyware software. What is the difference?
What is the difference between antivirus, antimalware and antispyware software? If any clear distinction can be defined.
