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Article #160Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: FromTheRafters
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:45
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:45
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"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:utd1665r4ab04coghfdir9rsn06cc3f5m8@4ax.com... > On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:39:32 -0400, in > <i3q747$ago$1@news.eternal-september.org>, "FromTheRafters" > <erratic@nomail.afraid.org> wrote: > >>"John Navas" <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in message >>news:8a5166l8harrijvc3lh42u24s9h0b8r01h@4ax.com... > >>> I thought "this class of virus" would be specific enough, >>> but you're right that I should have been clearer, >>> and I thank you for the clarification. >> >>Just curious, what did you mean by 'this class of virus' and the >>infection of possibly needed executables? > > I meant the class of virus that implants its own executable files, > and protects them from most methods of removal. Sorry for not being > more clear. That's okay. You are correct that self-contained replicator files can be deleted outright - there is nothing there that needs to be salvaged, but Ramnit.a actually modifies (infects/trojanizes) preexisting program files (although not with a replicant).
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