On 2 Jun 2006 14:35:19 GMT, ms <ms@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A screensaver, always a risk. Testing the executable before running
it.
I ran BD on the executable, it's scan found a virus. I selected
Delete, ran the scan again, still there. I ran Disinfect, still there.
I ran Move to Quarentine, still there.
What is the setting that BD will remove the virus permanently?
Re: guys blows face off with shell ... was downloaded and executed that appeared to be a virus scanner - not ... Unfortunately there have been exploitable bugs in mail clients, which allowed executables to be executed using this mechanism. ... These are unlikely to be a problem in modern systems, buffer overruns in the JPEG library or similar is where the biggest risk is, but there are methods to protect against that as well in modern systems, which separate out executable and data storage memory space. ...RAID 0 for striping, RAID 1 for mirroring. ... (rec.pyrotechnics)
Re: w ... There is no such thing as a buffer overflow allowing access to memory not allocated to your user process. ... My point is that if a system is designed correctly from the start, viruses etc. are not a problem. ... For it to be possible for viruses to exist on a system, all you need is to allow for a program to generate executables, and the ability to overwrite other files. ... If you CAN write a program which generates executables, and you CAN overwrite other files, then to implement a virus, all you have to do is write a program which reads in existing executables, and overwrites them with a new executable which does the same thing as the original executable, plus the contents of the original virus. ... (comp.lang.java.programmer)
Re: Gamma Function ... There's a real barrier between DOS and Windows:... The Windows virus writers are interested in spreading their perversity ... over the internet and cannot use DOS programs. ... It attached itself to one of my executables,... (sci.physics.relativity)
Re: Gamma Function ... There's a real barrier between DOS and Windows:... The Windows virus writers are interested in spreading their perversity ... over the internet and cannot use DOS programs. ... It attached itself to one of my executables,... (sci.physics.relativity)
