Virusses are hidden in so many ways nowadays. The smartest I've encountered was a fake imagefile spreading through MSN, with this filename:
"<MSN_Contact_Name> - www.fakeimagehost.com"
Yep, a .com file extension. Tricky bastards....
Originally Posted by xCPPx
My workaround was to switch to LinuxOf all the bad things I say about Microsoft Windows though, I've gotta give it one thing: it gives a fantastic "out of the box" experience. Stuff just works straight away. I installed Linux a few months ago and I'm still trying to get it right (my DVD drive is still slow as shit). It's a shame how the whole "out of the box" experience can have such an impact on a person's opinion about an operating system. When I first tried Ubuntu maybe about a year ago, I quickly got sick of it; too much stuff needed tweaking (e.g. the font rendering was disgusting). I tried switching from MSWindows to Ubuntu more than once, but fell back to MSWindows each time.
A few months ago, I really made the effort to switch to Linux, and now I'm using Ubuntu-with-Xfce as my main OS. I never boot into WinXP anymore (except for checking viruses).
I still haven't got my Linux setup quite right, but once I've got it figured out I'm 100% certain it will be superior to MSWindows. If I had a Linux guru living next door to me he'd probably have my laptop sorted in fifteen minutes...
I should really make a to-do list of stuff I want to change on my Linux system, first thing I need to do is get my DVD drive working at more than 4 megabytes a second
Ask questions on the open forums, that way everybody benefits from the solution, and everybody can be corrected when they make mistakes. Don't send me private messages asking questions that should be asked on the open forums, I won't respond. I decline all "Friend Requests".
Virusses are hidden in so many ways nowadays. The smartest I've encountered was a fake imagefile spreading through MSN, with this filename:
"<MSN_Contact_Name> - www.fakeimagehost.com"
Yep, a .com file extension. Tricky bastards....
Give this article a read over, streaker did a great job writing this one up. There is also a good discussion throughout the thread.
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=13110
Hmm... never thought of that; Not that I spend a large amount of time studying them.
Your comment makes it all the more funnier. I chuckled and sadly this made my day. (It was a slow day)
that reminds me I should record a clean-up tutorial video and post it somewhere where more people will read / view it... not much material is available on that online, and everyone and their uncle's dog are doing clean-ups without knowing what they're doing...
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is a great tool I used to clean up my parents PC.
I have to rename both the Install and update .exe files before they would run. Also have to rename the main .exe file to something random was it would run.
I do not double click my drives (especially USB sticks) for a long time because of it. Now I use explorer/folders (can be found at left of the windows explorer). Anyway making a folder name "autorun.inf" [without quote] make you drives a bit secure. This type of virus/trojan overwrites the files but not the folder. Putting "autorun.inf" folder at the root of the USB stick will effectively reduce the chance of autoplay/autorun (even with the double click). It also works with other drives.
You cannot have a File and a Folder/directory named the same in the same directory. It will generate an error. So in theory your idea would work, just the way you stated it is incorrect.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
If you write file named "autorun.inf" then the virus/trojan just overwrite it (by force). But in case of folder/directory they have to remove it first (and it should be empty). Although making the file read only may do the same, I am not sure. Anyway thanks.
Malwarebytes is a great bit of software.
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