GOOD THING, or BAD THING? Opinions??

[Alec§taar]

See subject-line/title above, & this URL:

Websense Mines for Malicious Code with Google

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1986770,00.asp

:)

* Thoughts?

APK

P.S.=> Mixed-bag, imo... apk

[demonbrawn]

I'm curious, what does "APK" mean?

[Alec§taar]

I'm curious, what does "APK" mean?

Just my initials... lol, you're the 5th person that's asked me that in 2-3 days time here!

:)

* I ought to do a post on that...

APK

[rpgbefore...]

better edit that and delete it before any1 figures out ur subliminal text!!!
ZTG

[demonbrawn]

hah, I thought it might have some sort of spinoff to AFK or something....

[magibeg]

"The queries also turned up pieces of spyware on popular online gaming sites and variants of the virulent Bagel and Mytob worms."

Hah! Like those weren't put there on purpose :P. And i guess its a good thing that they can find these files. Maybe one day some company will run a virus scan of the internet :D

[zekrahminator]

I actually don't mind google...it's www.whitepages.com you have to watch out for. If someone has your last name, they have access to your address, your school, your criminal records, your telephone number...it's very scary.

[Solaris17]

hmmm idk this can be used to pick up other things and they know it............i mean illegal stuff is bad but who here has used limewire? i mean i dont promote illegal stuff ...but...well idk it really doesnt bother me but they can use it for more than viruses and they know it.

[rpgbefore...]

solaris, ive never noticed this but ur avatar scares the crap outa me

[Alec§taar]

hmmm idk this can be used to pick up other things and they know it............i mean illegal stuff is bad but who here has used limewire? i mean i dont promote illegal stuff ...but...well idk it really doesnt bother me but they can use it for more than viruses and they know it.

That's THE very argument against the site "rootkit.com"...

:)

* The MOST dangerous thing out there today, imo, are those!

APK

P.S.=> IMO, impossible to defense against & if you snag one? Repave as the saying goes... been around since UNIX days in the mid-90's, afaik, theorists started them out & like Atomic Power? Largely misused for destruction... what a waste!

They're here for Win32 now... I was hoping it would NOT "go down" but sure enough...

Still, something to be learned about & countered for.. makes life interesting! apk