Talk:Basic Computer Security/Malware/Viruses

TODO1: Where & how much cost: Are we allowed to put corporate solutions up, possibly rating them? How about open source solutions or freeware?

Dont mean to hurt or offend anybody, but I was really shocked with the info that existed on "What is a Computer Virus?" on this page. I have learnt over the years from the internet by hunting over 1000 different websites. And I think all you wiki people are doing a great job by bringing all this great info under one roof. And I desperately want to payback to the Internet! --60.254.123.128 14:46, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry forgot to log in and posted that comment. 60.254.123.128 would be me :-) --RohitUpadhyay 14:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

"Compile it and when you get the .exe, scan it a zillion times with any of the Anti-Virus program you have got, be it, Norton, Macafee or any other, they just wont report it as a VIRUS, you know why? Because, its simply not a virus." - This makes it seem like if you wrote an actual virus and compiled it that it would be detected as one, when in fact it is highly unlikely to be dectected. --Greg


 * Since this is supposed to talk more about how to avoid getting viruses and removing them if you have them, I'll probably edit that out at some point. Until then, it's in limbo!  =D  As for writing one's own virus...  From what I know of viruses, most of them are variants or clones of existing viruses or exploit known security vulnerabilities.  Thus, a new virus using old virus code may be picked up by a virus scan.  Alternatively, exploiting a known security vulnerability may be picked up by live virus protection.  I.e. scanning the file may not trigger a virus warning, but programs like Norton Internet Security with live protection will monitor running programs and scripts and warn the user if a malicious scrip is being executed.  --banzaimonkey 08:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)