Understanding anti-malware software - 11/21/14 09:26 AM
Since nobody seems to share the fear I expressed in Best Removal Tool for Keystroke Capture, it's apparently unfounded, and I'm looking for clarification of how anti-malware software works to help me understand why.
My fear is that known malware is catalogued by the files it places, rather than by their content, and that catalogued malware "A" with different file names would not be recognized as what it is and fly under the radar.
In the instance of slolerner's friend, that scenario would be possible, if not likely, because any malware she may have had installed on her PC would have been installed by a malicious intruder with access to it, rather than by one of the usual mass-distribution methods, and could (would likely?) have been disguised thusly (otherwise, maybe?) to avoid detection.
Am I oversimplifying the nature of the beast?
Thanks.
My fear is that known malware is catalogued by the files it places, rather than by their content, and that catalogued malware "A" with different file names would not be recognized as what it is and fly under the radar.
In the instance of slolerner's friend, that scenario would be possible, if not likely, because any malware she may have had installed on her PC would have been installed by a malicious intruder with access to it, rather than by one of the usual mass-distribution methods, and could (would likely?) have been disguised thusly (otherwise, maybe?) to avoid detection.
Am I oversimplifying the nature of the beast?
Thanks.