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[idbeholda]

[laura]
omgdidijustgetoffthelollercoaster?hahahahahaha

I regret to inform you you've made a mistake in identifying who I am,
so live with it. No amount of mindless blathering will prove it
otherwise. But don't worry, Laura, despite your apparent attempts to
convince yourself that I'm Tracker (I'm certainly not convinced
otherwise), I feel ashamed for the both of us. For me, in the sense I
am still utterly unconvinced in my 23 years that I am somehow this
person you refer to. For you... well... in the obvious fact that
you're wrong.

[sammy]

Most of the ones I release, yes, but I do work in other languages when
I see fit to implement them. I merely find it easy to make GUI's in
VB. The code? Yes, I code in a semi structured format. Also, the
first system I ever programmed/hacked on was a graphing calculator with
32K of total RAM. Needless to say, some of my peculiarities still
carry over these days, which is why you'll see me be anally retentive
about memory management (e.g., you shouldn't need a program that takes
upwards of 30MB of ram to read a 300K file) Most of the earlier
programs you'll find on there (that I wrote years ago), I would write
when under the influence of 3 or more substances. You get the picture.

I don't mean to make it seem like that big of an issue, but the
possibility still exists thereof. However, while removing
non-redundant (extra emphasis on *NON-REDUNDANT*) scanstrings is a good
idea for increasing speed and efficiency, this falls under the faulty
logic of "That which is no longer seen is no longer a threat".
Consequentially, a little bit of thinking can reworking of basic code
can actually increase speed more than a few deletions ever could. The
moment you remove support for that sort of threat, your system is
immediately suceptible to an attack relating to the non-redundant
definition threat you just removed (droppers anyone?). That is my main
argument, which I probably should have illustrated a bit more lavishly,
but I figured that most people would have had the common to see what I
was getting at. Oh well, I should have expected as much. As for
spyware... I despise companies and people that write that shit.
Unfortunately, as long as programming utilities are availible to the
general public, we will always be dealing with such nuisances.

That doesn't surprise me, considering back when I still lurked around
on vx sites, there were several (if not multiples) of people wanting to
contribute. Half the crap they could have done without, though. As
for the ezine I have on my comp at home, there are over 7000 individual
articles/tutorials/etc on everything from basic hardware setup all the
way to advanced security analysis threats. This includes but is not
limited to. And yes, this *IS* stuff I've been reading about for
years. The file formats aren't just text files, but also pdf's, msword
docs, movies, and html files. I've also compiled a reader for said
archive, and even an actual mp3 soundtrack (played by the reader) to go
right along with it (which is only about 1/10 of the size of the
archive). The tutorials and movies take up just over 3/4 of the total
size. On top of that, I've also included utilities I've gathered over
the years, and recommended software that I think any person needs for
their system. This ranges from AV scanners to performance tweaking
utils, to misc security programs. Once again, the trouble of finding
someone to host an archive that's over 1GB in size (uncompressed..
compressed, ~850MB). Once I can afford regular internet access, or
find someone willing to host it, I plan on hosting it off of my
computer for a short time, and just letting it go from there.

 

[idbeholda]

This includes but is not limited to.... should be removed... sorry...
editing error.

 

[Sammy]

Most of the ones I release, yes, but I do work in other languages when
I see fit to implement them. I merely find it easy to make GUI's in
VB. The code? Yes, I code in a semi structured format. Also, the
first system I ever programmed/hacked on was a graphing calculator with
32K of total RAM. Needless to say, some of my peculiarities still
carry over these days, which is why you'll see me be anally retentive
about memory management (e.g., you shouldn't need a program that takes
upwards of 30MB of ram to read a 300K file) Most of the earlier
programs you'll find on there (that I wrote years ago), I would write
when under the influence of 3 or more substances. You get the picture.

Understood. You sound quiet similiar to Raid, no offense. He doesn't
write in VB, but at one point in his life, I do believe he was under
the influence when he wrote the software he's known for. concerning
your need to make efficient code, you again sound very similiar to
Raid. I will not however accuse you of being Raid, as I have met Raid
in person; and if you were he, you would have told me so by now.

non-redundant (extra emphasis on *NON-REDUNDANT*) scanstrings is a good
idea for increasing speed and efficiency, this falls under the faulty

I understand where your going with this. I don't believe my associate
intended to remove anything to make his program miss something. I think
he intends at some point, to make the database structure itself more
friendly for later expansion. He somewhat loses me when he goes into
detail much more. I'm not sure what a scan string is, or a variable
scan string? But. ah well.

Unfortunately, as long as programming utilities are availible to the
general public, we will always be dealing with such nuisances.
Indeed.

That doesn't surprise me, considering back when I still lurked around
on vx sites, there were several (if not multiples) of people wanting to
contribute. Half the crap they could have done without, though. As

I think that was his (Raid's) biggest complaint too, too much filler.

for the ezine I have on my comp at home, there are over 7000 individual
articles/tutorials/etc on everything from basic hardware setup all the
way to advanced security analysis threats. This includes but is not
limited to. And yes, this *IS* stuff I've been reading about for
years. The file formats aren't just text files, but also pdf's, msword
docs, movies, and html files. I've also compiled a reader for said

I'm not sure from a security standpoint, that you should be using the
ms word .doc format. Perhaps a text file instead?

 

[idbeholda]

Understood. You sound quiet similiar to Raid, no offense. He doesn't
Same here. I can assure you that I'm not him.

That's understandable. As for scan strings, basically, with datatypes,
you can have a string which, in essence, contains non-numeric data.
The string merely has the signature or information for said malware.
Personally, I find referring to it as a scan string easier.

I've gone through and made sure none of them have macros in them.
You're right about the security standpoint though. Eventually I do
plan on converting most (if not all of them) into text files, but with
the stuff I'm doing now, I'm hard pressed to find time to do it.

 

[Frederic Bonroy]

Sammy a écrit :

Preferred method due to various virus authors and antivirus authors
inability to write decent software. Either infecting or disinfecting.

Yes, though I doubt that virus authors can be convinced to write better
code in the future just to make disinfection easier. And some viruses
simply cannot be disinfected properly due to how they infect files.

Where have you been? Sysclean has been NTFS aware for sometime. You do
monitor this newsgroup right?

I don't monitor it closely, no.

Recovery console is very difficult to run outside non microsoft based
software on.

Hmmmm?