stellarbay.com— British security firm Sophos is warning e-mail users worldwide about a new worm called Kedebe (W32/ Kedebe-F) designed to compromise computer security.
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Why do people keep linking to StellarBay. That's like linking to a slashdot article that links to another article. I guess some people aren't too bright or maybe it's ADHD and they can't read a full article.
It will. The good ones only catch ninety percent of the malware that is out there before the fact, experts say.This is common sense. Microsoft, Apple, and others do not know many of the vulnerabilities in their software when they ship it. When they learn of them from outside or internal sources, they do not disclose them to the public.Some people report them to the manufacturer and keep mum, perhaps for a certain sum. Some people exploit them creating new malware threats or bolstering existing ones. Some people sell or disclose them and they eventually wind up in the hands of people who exploit the vulnerabilities themselves.Anti-virus software can look at known exploits or known vulnerabilities but it is pretty hard to program it to block unknown exploits arising from unknown vulnerabilities!It is pretty clear, looking at how common botnets of 10,000 to 50,000 hijacked MS-Windows PCs is that anti-virus software is a crutch and not watertight protection against malware.A better solution would be doing a better job of programing the software products which have all these vulnerabilities in the first place. Either it is going to happen or there are going to be greater and greater collapses.
Closed AccountJul 1, 2005
<a class="user" href="http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/kedebef.html">http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/kedebef.html</a>
a_greerJul 1, 2005
Time once again to manualy update the Windows antivirus defs...I am always paranoid that the autoupdater will miss something...
cool4u2viewJul 1, 2005
I guess this one tries to disable stuff, what's new. I rememeber when worms and virii were works of art back in the day...
Closed AccountJul 1, 2005
Why do people keep linking to StellarBay. That's like linking to a slashdot article that links to another article. I guess some people aren't too bright or maybe it's ADHD and they can't read a full article.
johnnysoftwareJul 23, 2009
It will. The good ones only catch ninety percent of the malware that is out there before the fact, experts say.This is common sense. Microsoft, Apple, and others do not know many of the vulnerabilities in their software when they ship it. When they learn of them from outside or internal sources, they do not disclose them to the public.Some people report them to the manufacturer and keep mum, perhaps for a certain sum. Some people exploit them creating new malware threats or bolstering existing ones. Some people sell or disclose them and they eventually wind up in the hands of people who exploit the vulnerabilities themselves.Anti-virus software can look at known exploits or known vulnerabilities but it is pretty hard to program it to block unknown exploits arising from unknown vulnerabilities!It is pretty clear, looking at how common botnets of 10,000 to 50,000 hijacked MS-Windows PCs is that anti-virus software is a crutch and not watertight protection against malware.A better solution would be doing a better job of programing the software products which have all these vulnerabilities in the first place. Either it is going to happen or there are going to be greater and greater collapses.