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Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:39:32 +0100 (BST)
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
On Sun, 16 May 2004, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:Hmm, so if the AV discovers an active bot is it possible to take this a step further and locate the C&C and forward that info to relevant network operators?at the point the av software itself is spyware.
no its not providing you state on the packaging what you do. Steve
joeljaSteve On Sat, 15 May 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:I'm glad that anti-virus firms are noticing the growth of Bots. Unfortunately, their guestimating ability is still woefully inadequate. Even frequent updates to anti-virus software won't help. Many bots disable automatic updates and block access to the antivirus sites. By the time anti-virus software detects somethings wrong, its already too late. The solution is to make certain your computer is not compromised, instead of relying on anti-virus to clean it up later. Antivirus firms warn of growing 'Bot' Networks http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20300880
Current thread:
- Antivirus firms discover Bots Sean Donelan (May 15)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Petri Helenius (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Joel Jaeggli (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Stephen J. Wilcox (May 16)
- Re: Antivirus firms discover Bots Gregh (May 16)