Is MBAM is a 100% safe application?
in [Spyware]
|
From: Dustin Cook on 1 May 2010 21:44 "Ant" <not(a)home.today> wrote in news:HvKdnUrh5o0HVEHWnZ2dnUVZ8tEAAAAA(a)brightview.co.uk: > "~BD~" wrote: >> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr >> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to say >> so. You talk as if you *know* him! > > How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I > never mentioned or referred to him? > > As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and > acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and > provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes, > I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and > anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't > know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and > neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All > indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security, > viruses and other malware. > > As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time > programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering > malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently > circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from > other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's > a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve > and the bay guys try out new methods. > > I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because > that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such > applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level > system knowledge and basic or specialist tools. +1 -- "Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior
From: ~BD~ on 2 May 2010 04:17 FromTheRafters wrote: > "~BD~"<BoaterDave(a)hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:JOSdndli_pDIk0HWnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > [...] > >> At that link it says - quote:- >> >> "When you run the fdisk command to create, delete, or change a >> partition, all of the data on that partition is permanently deleted". >> >> I've always understood that to mean that any malware would be >> destroyed too! > > Bad sectors (or sectors *marked* as bad) in this case might be > considered "outside" any partition. > > [...] > >> That is my understanding too. My niggling concern has always been that >> malware (call it what you will) might remain 'somewhere' within a box >> ready to continue with it's malicious activity even though it's been >> flattened and windows reinstalled (or even if a *new* hard disk has >> been installed!). > > Warning - - an analogy follows: > > Some vaguely described monster has finally been *killed* by the monster > hunter and you have an uneasy feeling that the monster can rise from the > blood at the scene of the killing. Well, it ain't gonna happen, but when > you asked an expert if an entity like that could be resurrected from its > blood - he said yes and told you about DNA and sheep, cats, etc... > > The thing is, the expert wasn't asked if the entity could self-resurrect > from the blood left behind after the killing of the monster. > You should try your hand at writing stories for children, FTR! :)
From: ~BD~ on 2 May 2010 04:23 Dustin Cook wrote: > > Wouldn't this be more appropriate in another newsgroup? This one, and the > ones I see you've set as followup don't really apply... > You are probably right, Dustin :) Which group(s) do you suggest? BD
From: Max Wachtel on 2 May 2010 08:31 On Sun, 02 May 2010 04:23:31 -0400, ~BD~ <BoaterDave(a)hot.mail.co.uk> wrote: > Which group do you suggest? alt.usenet.kooks -you'll find some real charmers in there. -- This post was created using Opera(a)USB: http://www.opera-usb.com Virus Removal Instructions http://sites.google.com/site/keepingwindowsclean/home Max's Favorite Freeware http://sites.google.com/site/keepingwindowsclean/freeware
From: ~BD~ on 2 May 2010 13:52
Ant wrote: > "~BD~" wrote: >> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr >> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to say >> so. You talk as if you *know* him! > > How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I > never mentioned or referred to him? I had a son who was a computer guru - he's an angel now. He guides me! > As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and > acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and > provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes, > I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and > anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't > know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and > neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All > indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security, > viruses and other malware. Thank you. What you say holds no surprises! > As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time > programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering > malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently > circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from > other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's > a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve > and the bay guys try out new methods. > > I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because > that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such > applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level > system knowledge and basic or specialist tools. You sound much like the cyber-friend I made on the Kaspersky forums! P2U is/was Dutch, Married to a Russian woman and lives(d) in Moscow. I 'met' him on the Kaspersky forums after I had bought KAV7 a few years ago. Amongst other things he specialised in computer forensics and was trying to help me investigate how 'bad guys' do things. Here is a past PM conversation: QUOTE (by me! BD) If I type http://www.annex.com into IE7, my AOL browser or Firefox - it works as expected (or should I say as I might expect?). I wouldn't be surprised if you told me something was not quite right, even at first base! REPLY I understand that googlesyndication and google-analytics are there asking to execute scripts and to drop cookies, but what the **** are live.com and msn.com doing there?!? OK. I'll register later today as p2u. I have to go and see a student right now. I'll be back in an hour or three. Paul _____________________________________________________________________ Regrettably, little further progress ensued. Here's the reason why. Message from Paul, 27.09.2008 05:50 Hi, Dave! Yes, I owe you an explanation, but I couldn't find the strength to write you about it. At the end of last year, I was diagnosed with a swelling in the pancreatic area. I've been through hell all this time. Life expectancy is not much; at most 2 years. The problem is that the swelling was benign, but is turning into a malignant one. An operation means almost certain death. I'm not afraid of dying, not for myself - I just wonder how my little son is going to take this. I hope you understand, that in such a state of mind I'm not eager at all to communicate with anyone. This is nothing personal. I hope you understand that. That's also the reason why I rarely appear on this forum - the 'how-are-you' stuff scares me. I don't know how I am and why this is happening to me... Kind regards, Paul _______________________________________________________________________ There is more information here should you be mildly interested. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.security&tid=7f8b4469-dc0f-4b3a-97b9-bff300db8714&cat=&lang=&cr=&sloc=&p=1 Or http://snurl.com/vy6sc It is basically an extract of posts I 'stored' on Jenn's BB but folk would have to register to read same there. http://pqlr.org/bbs/ If I'm wasting your time, forgive me. My only ambition is to help, in any small way, to ruffle the feathers of the bad guys to which you refer. I seek only the truth. -- Dave |