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["Randy Has Candy" <randallm () fidmail com>]

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:37:41 -0700
From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
Subject: Re: [funsec] DefCon 'Race to Zero'
To: Toralv_Dirro () mcafee com
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Message-ID: <48160B65.1030308 () thievco com>
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Toralv_Dirro () mcafee com wrote:
> Now there is a very common misconception if it comes to malware and
> security. Viruses and Trojans don't try to exploit any vulnerabilities
> that need to be fixed, they simply take advantage of features offered by
> the OS (modifying files, creating files, establishing connections to
> some C&C etc.).

They're not mutually-exclusive. You can have a
VirusTrojanWormSpywareExploitRootkitBot if you want.

                                               BB

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Oh great. Now you did it. You had to tell'em. You had to let it out of the
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