Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe

[Jeremy Anderson <jeremy () angelar com>]

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.
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