Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gremlin Newsgroups: uk.comp.sys.mac,alt.computer.workshop Subject: Re: So ...... is this real, or imagined? Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 01:26:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:26:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b7e9cba8b62a199644d3ea825bada9c7"; logging-data="823706"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX187TSSHnV9iruuOaqxr5XYihDP3oRSQ66M=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Cancel-Lock: sha1:YgLIijkEhG8o6POdMIK1zxefjRc= Bytes: 2380 David news:m1f11lF6rs0U1@mid.individual.net Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:44:36 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote: > On 16/02/2025 19:55, FromTheRafters wrote: [snip] >>> *Can trojans hide from antivirus*? >> >> Of course, AV's are always playing catch-up to malware purveyors. There >> has to be a bad thing, for there to be a thing to detect such bad >> thing. > > I wanted my friends here to be absolutely sure about that! What friends? :) And if they didn't already know that, they probably shouldn't be using a computer with a seriously non restricted account. It should be locked down quite a bit for their safety. >>> //The Warezov mail worm used this technique and caused serious issues >>> to users. Rootkit technologies – that are generally employed by >>> Trojans – can intercept and substitute system functions to make the >>> infected file invisible to the operating system and antivirus >>> programs.// >> >> What does this have to do with what was reported? > > It was simply an example of a Trojan that DID cause harm. Nothing more. No, it wasn't. A worm isn't a trojan. Trojans do not self replicate. Worms and viruses do. You compared an Apple to an Orange here, David. -- I don't need no Dr. All I need...is my lawyer.