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Security Incidents: Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe

Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe

From: Jeremy Anderson <jeremy_at_angelar.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 16:11:21 -0600

On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 12:53 +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote:
>
> Filenames are all but totally useless for diagnosing malware, spyware
> _AND_ the normal operation of a system.

Actually, I'd say they're fairly useful, if you plug them into google. Sites like iamnotageek.com have pretty good information repositories on what is legitimate and what is not.

a filename is no substitute for actual forensic analysis, but it can give you a good leg up on many, many pieces of spyware and malware. 

-- 
Jeremy Anderson		Author, MultiTool Linux
http://www.angelar.com/~jeremy    jeremy@angelar.com
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UG0uEnaAUk&isbn=0201734206&itm=8
Received on Mar 17 2005
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