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Thanks. Being able to provide simple easily verified command on a public forum to detect the most stealthy malware is testament to the brilliant design of unix
by foxylad 12y ago
Thanks.
Being able to provide simple easily verified command on a public forum to detect the most stealthy malware is testament to the brilliant design of unix-style systems. If someone offered a Widows utility to do the same thing on a forum, only fools would run it.
- tedunangst 12y agoBecause you can't type a search string into the search box in explorer on windows?
- gaadd33 12y agoThe search box in explorer searches binaries these days? Honest question, I haven't used it in years. That seems like it would be pretty counterintuitive for users though. Someone tries to search for the string 'program' and it returns all binaries that have 'This program cannot be run in DOS mode' in them. (Which I think is pretty much all PE binaries)
- tedunangst 12y agoI recall "search all files" looking inside pretty much everything, including exe and unknown file types. (it's been a while for me, too.)
- gizmo686 12y agoI recall "search all files" only searching indexed folders, which by default leaves a lot of room for the virus to install itself somewhere that is not being search without even trying.
- tedunangst 12y agoAnd then you click "search all folders (may be slow)".
- nfoz 12y agoI appreciate what you're saying but you could have re-phrased without the negative sarcasm.
- munin 12y agothey would just need to paste a command line to findstr: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732459.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732459.aspx but don't let facts get in the way of your platform wars...
- finid 12y agoThat's why I won't use any OS that's not Unix-like. grep for this and that in this directory. Brilliant!