Re: Embedded TCL and Single File Executables
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Re: Embedded TCL and Single File Executables

From: Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Thu Dec 01 2005 - 15:37:04 CET



Donal K. Fellows <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:


> Andreas Leitgeb wrote:


>> Thinking about all the DLL's lying around inside starpacks, I


>> wonder whether common anti-virus-utilities do already recognize


>> and unpack starkits/starpacks to check embedded dlls for viruses.


> 


> They might, but I doubt it. But then again, I'd also be surprised if


> there were (m)any viruses that did either.



At the moment, it has some benefits: you can easily


pass an executable through some exe-blocking filter.



But this is imho short-sighted.  Remember how long it


took the virus-writers to adapt to Sony's root-kit CDs?


Received on Sat Dec  3 03:28:51 2005