XP: Registry Keys, Malware

From: "Plato" <|@|.|>

| David H. Lipman wrote:

>> | What role do registry keys play in malware? Is a registry key sufficient or
>> | does there need to be a malware program on my computer?

>> Questions like this SHOULD be asked in an anti malware news group such as;
>> microsoft.public.security.virus

| Malware is not a virus. Since you are new to PC use here is the defn. of
| a virus...

| http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/virus.txt

I don't understand this line...

"#4 is necessary to distinguish between viruses and worms, which do not require a host."

A worm is a virus that self replicates through network protocols such as NNTP, SMTP,
NetBIOS over IP, RPC, etc. and does require a host. The host is used to generate the
network activity to spread. For example a RBot may use TCP port 135 to send out packets
to another PC's TCP port 135 to exploit a vulnerability in RPC, RPCSS/DCOM and if so
infect that PC and if successful, the infected that PC to will also generate packets
attempting to explot other PCs who have this vulnerability.

I will also state that you contradicted youself in the reply of the post...
"Re: win32/adware.virtumonde and win32.privacyremover.m64"

Message:
"System restore does not get rid of viruses. Best bet in the future is
NOT to install the virus in the first place."

The person was NOT infected with a virus. The person was infected with a Zlob/FakeAlert
type Trojan.

I will state that a virus news group is the *best* place to discuss malware.

It was early this AM when I , in a haze of Morning, should have replied...
"I certainly am not "new to PC", that's for sure!"

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Hey, newbie! Malware may not necessarily be a virus, but a virus is malware,
by definition.

http://www.techterms.com/definition/malware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware
http://www.google.com/search?num=100...ion&ct=ti tle

Here's the TinyURL in case your newsreader breaks that last URL and you
can't figure out how to put it back together again.
http://tinyurl.com/5ncdxp

If you're having problems with the concept of a newsgroup with the word
"virus" in the name being more broadly devoted to discussing malware in
general, then you need professional help of one kind or another. Remedial
English? Psychological counseling? Maybe just a good brawl at your local bar
to get your head straightened up.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:48b4dd63$0$4633$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>
>> | What role do registry keys play in malware? Is a registry key
>> sufficient or
>> | does there need to be a malware program on my computer?
>>
>> Questions like this SHOULD be asked in an anti malware news group such
>> as;
>> microsoft.public.security.virus
>
> Malware is not a virus. Since you are new to PC use here is the defn. of
> a virus...
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/virus.txt
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/