tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22872250.post1727491628588667057..comments2024-03-07T17:14:27.765-05:00Comments on Thwackum & Square: Did I ever mention that malware sucks?Katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08279613235598047375noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22872250.post-51382473906069762512010-01-28T22:59:45.216-05:002010-01-28T22:59:45.216-05:00on a related note, and probably a more compelling ...on a related note, and probably a more compelling lesson than avoiding warez sites, is this:<br /><br />The people writing the majority of malware out there are doing so for financial gain. Their ability to get their bullshit ads out is the primary motivator - as such, it behooves them to make sure that their program's will not be stopped by antivirus. Specifically, they can buy all the same antivirus programs that we can, and they can test all of their badness against the detection algorithms of the antivirus until they get something that will not show up as being bad. Frequent updates of antivirus signatures aren't going to help here either, as the bad guys also get the updates, and can change their code accordingly. So what's a computer user to do? basically you look for programs that will warn you of other behavior - like opening tons of sockets to send out spam, for example.<br /><br />Anyway - this is just what i thought when i was reading your post. :o)roborobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333216573569498774noreply@blogger.com