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Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans
From: "KoRe MeLtDoWn" <koremeltdown () hotmail com>
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 21:21:46 +0000
Hi Courtney,Some interesting questions - this is something that I don't think many within the community really know the answer to. Never the less, here's what I've come up with.
1/The distinction between spyware, adware, and trojans are that they all conduct slightly different behaviour and carry out differing tasks. For example a piece of spyware is often designed to gather data on a web surfers behaviour, a trojan is designed to allow remote access to a remote user who then can carry out commands he/she normally couldn't, and adware advertises a product/website somehow on an infected machine without the express permission of the owner, and continues to do so over a period of time - often attempts to remove adware manually prove to be unsuccessful.
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From: "Carere, Courtney" <CCarere () rich com>To: "'security-basics () securityfocus com'" <security-basics () securityfocus com>Subject: Adware, spyware, and trojans Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:48:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0Received: from outgoing.securityfocus.com ([205.206.231.26]) by mc4-f19.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:54:12 -0800 Received: from lists.securityfocus.com (lists.securityfocus.com [205.206.231.19])by outgoing.securityfocus.com (Postfix) with QMQPid 5E6B18F2E0; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:29:44 -0700 (MST)Received: (qmail 5276 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2002 16:22:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact security-basics-help () securityfocus com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: <security-basics.list-id.securityfocus.com> List-Post: <mailto:security-basics () securityfocus com> List-Help: <mailto:security-basics-help () securityfocus com> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:security-basics-unsubscribe () securityfocus com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:security-basics-subscribe () securityfocus com> Delivered-To: mailing list security-basics () securityfocus com Delivered-To: moderator for security-basics () securityfocus comMessage-ID: <A42197C9AAFCD511AF9D00034797A8E807D2A7E9 () rpc3-ex01nt rpc rich com>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)Return-Path: security-basics-return-16504-koremeltdown=hotmail.com () securityfocus com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Dec 2002 17:54:17.0445 (UTC) FILETIME=[7F0F5150:01C29D50]-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Upon reading "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick yesterday (an excellent book, by the way), he writes that most antivirus software does not detect spyware, which was a shock to me. Spyware seems to be defined as software that logs keystrokes, screenshots, user actions, etc. I have a couple of questions: 1. What's the distinction between spyware, adware, and trojan software? (My antivirus software says it protects against Trojans, and I've seen programs like SubSeven in its log files.) 2. Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware, ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server? Thanks! - - Courtney Carere -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPfDTHHcM/5zG0KHEEQIcrACg73VSeTkX/ecvtX+HOWnFNCVNsUUAoMqs n4t8pKXIbtMIQaMiwRhLW/gN =4uWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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