Re: Malware detection

[haZard0us <hazard0us.pt () gmail com>]

It's kind of off topic, but.. what about ransomware?

I have MSSE updated, latest Firefox version and I still got infected.

Should I blame MSSE for not detecting it or should I be the only one to be blamed of? :)

Cheers!

--haZ

A 26/07/2012, às 17:55, David Gillett escreveu:

>  I encountered a rootkit last year.  MSSE was the only thing I was running that detected it.
>
>  Unfortunately, it only detected it in a temporary folder belonging to a commercial antivirus product I was running 
> (which did not itself notice the rootkit...).  My theory is that something about the way the commercial product 
> scanned archives caused one or more rootkit components to be extracted and become visible to MSSE.  But of course 
> this instance, while visible, was secondary, and so many many attempts by MSSE to "clean" the machine, including 
> required reboots, never actually had an effect.
>  Several other packages I tried had no success in finding the malware, which eventually crippled the boot process so 
> badly I had to reformat and reinstall from scratch.
>
>  (Since then, I've installed ZoneAlarm's new free antivirus.  Too late to see if it could cope with that rootkit, but 
> it did find and apparently neutralize many malware examples in a sizable email archive, which none of the previous 
> candidates had noticed....
>
> David Gillett
> CISSP CCNP
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In this guide we examine the importance of Apache-SSL and who needs an SSL certificate.  We look at how SSL works, how 
it benefits your company and how your customers can tell if a site is secure. You will find out how to test, purchase, 
install and use a thawte Digital Certificate on your Apache web server. Throughout, best practices for set-up are 
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