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Re: Malware
Sebastian G. wrote:
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>> and what are the symptoms?
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> ... every physically and logically possible way. That means it could
> perfectly emulate an uninfected system to hide its presence.
active stealth only works if the malware is actually active... there are
ways around that...
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>> I know that Trojan horses are kind of spyware
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> Not necessarily. A trojan horse is supposed to provide access to a third
> party, it might but doesn't have to be used to transmit personal data to
> this third party.
actually, not all trojans are supposed to provide access to 3rd parties,
only remote access trojans do that...
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>> worms are dangerous for networks rather than for a stand-alone PC,
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> Worms are viruses that replicate among network boundaries.
and typically don't infect other programs (which, given your definition
for virus, might prove confusing)...
>> I am also trying to understand the difference between access deny,
>> delete and move to quarantine options.
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> There is none: the system is compromised and cannot be trusted anymore.
in general the system is not compromised just because the malware is on
the hard disk... the user may have just downloaded it and not actually
run it... the system is not compromised until the malware gains control...
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