Maybe each malware code is different and I am wrong, but it was a thought.
Tell me what you think.
Edited by Danc20, 23 December 2010 - 05:42 PM.
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Create Account How it WorksEdited by Danc20, 23 December 2010 - 05:42 PM.
That's not really all that silly. What's your programming and security backgrounds?How good are you at assembler?I have a silly idea. Is it possible for Malware coders to actually help in the fight against malware? I was thinking by creating malware in a safe environment and learning how to defeat it, this research could possibly help in detecting and removing other real-life malware. Perhaps this is similar to OS's finding exploits in their computer code.
Edited by MS-Free, 24 December 2010 - 12:19 AM.
Just make sure you do not find malware coding interesting and start a career in it..
That's not really all that silly. What's your programming and security backgrounds?How good are you at assembler?...
Edited by Danc20, 24 December 2010 - 04:53 PM.
Oh. I see... In that case hypothetically it might be a good idea.Well I have no real training or experience in any of those unless security can apply to updating my anti-virus and disinfecting my own computer with help
. It was more of a hypothetical question.
No. Nothing too sophisticated. Deepest level of programming you'll ever deal with is writing a simple BATCH script. Beyond that... its basically all research. Know what's good/bad, and how to deal with... Let the tools developed by people who Do have programming experience worry about the heavy-lifting.Not to get too sidetracked, but since you guys are here, does GeekU require programming or assembler language learning? I've off-offhandedly considered GeekU, since helping people rid their computer of malware seems like a cool and rewarding hobby. The thing is though I don't know if I would be interested in any in-depth levels of programming or random tech info to do it!
Edited by Danc20, 28 December 2010 - 05:38 PM.
It's a good thought, but I'm not sure if you could gain much by doing this. The reason is, if you were a good enough programmer to create your own malware from scratch, you would already automatically know how you could defeat it. If you wrote the malware from scratch, you would know exactly what changes it would make to the target machine (registry entries, files created/patched, etc). So, with this knowledge, if you wanted to, you could probably just write an uninstaller for it.I have a silly idea. Is it possible for Malware coders to actually help in the fight against malware? I was thinking by creating malware in a safe environment and learning how to defeat it, this research could possibly help in detecting and removing other real-life malware.
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