Re: strange software > winsupdater.exe

From: Jeremy Anderson (jeremy_at_angelar.com)
Date: 03/16/05

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    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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