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Attackers can run a virus scan before distributing it.
by fire_lake 2y ago
Attackers can run a virus scan before distributing it.
- sammy2255 2y agonot sure what you’re getting at
- em-bee 2y agoattackers can check if a virus scan would detect the virus and change it until it passes the scans, so virus scans are not sufficient protection against dedicated attackers. just because a virus scan did not find anything in a binary, that doesn't mean the binary is safe.
- sammy2255 2y agoThats true but no sane malware developer would share their binary with VT. Downloading a binary is still safer than having your shell run arbitrary stuff