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Fonts files contain executable code, which is needed for the hinting mechanisms. If these code blocks contain malware, it is known Windows machines can be infected (see links below). Are there any reports that a Linux machine can be infect… Continue reading How high is the risk that a malicious font file infects a Linux system? [closed]
Recently, stumbled upon the new FB 500m+ leak and decided to satisfy my curiosity and poke around.
Basically just wanted to see how 500m+ user records were kept and what info was released( it was pretty much all publicly scrapable data wit… Continue reading Detecting and understanding malware/spyware [closed]
I recently downloaded a very popular open-source application. Usually, I compile open-source applications myself after reading the source code. But my compiler box was busy with many tasks, so I decided to download the pre-compiled execu… Continue reading If a file has previously been scanned by VirusTotal, will the VirusTotal website always indicate this fact?
For example, consider a software that wants to package all txt files in the /user/Desktop directory and upload them to its own server. I am not a programmer, but I know it can be done very easily with code. Maybe this can be done with a si… Continue reading Can a antivirus software detect a malware that steals data?
After executing sudo maldet -a /
LMD provides the following report:
HOST: foo.bar.baz
SCAN ID: 210117-2223.1145531
STARTED: Jan 17 2021 22:23:26 +0000
COMPLETED: Jan 18 2021 22:01:12 +0000
ELAPSED: 85066s [find: 42s]
I am not able to understand what use is the manual antimalware scan? All antivirus software has a manual anti-malware scan. I understand if it’s the first time someone installs it on their infected/unknown PC, the scan helps in detecting m… Continue reading What is the use case for antimalware manual scans?
I was reading this and this article.
The first article itself is about why software updates are extremely important for security, and the second one also mentions the following:
"Make sure your operating system, browsers, and plugins… Continue reading Does malware that comes through outdated apps go away if I uninstall the apps?
When downloading from Google Drive, sometimes I have seen a notification that said that Google Drive couldn’t scan the file I was downloading because it was big to scan.
For a fact, I know that Google uses scripts to download the file im t… Continue reading What is the limit in MB for an AntiVirus to not scan a potential malware?
I wanted to know if there is a way to check if a torrent file has malware or not, before actually downloading it via uTorrent f.e.
I only know VirusTotal site. Is this one reliable? Because each time I past a link in it, it says that the l… Continue reading How to check for malware before downloading a torrent file?
Malware Domains (www.malwaredomains.com) was acquired by another cybersec firm, which removed access to free lists of known malware-distributing domains and other goodies that open source projects (like one of mine) used.
Google Safe Brows… Continue reading What are free alternatives to Malware Domains?