Virus uses Antivirus

Discussion in 'malware problems & news' started by Dermot7, Mar 8, 2011.

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  1. Dermot7

    Dermot7 Registered Member

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    Quote:"Usually, if we talk about virus and antivirus, it is more or less connected with detections. So if I say a malware uses antivirus to do bad things, will that be interesting?

    Recently, AVG caught a kind of StartPage malware which uses Kingsoft WebShield as part of itself to achieve its aim." :

    http://viruslab.blog.avg.com/2011/03/virus-uses-antivirus.html
     
    Dermot7, Mar 8, 2011
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  2. J_L

    J_L Registered Member

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    Wow, that's worse than letting it infect the system or being disabled.
     
    J_L, Mar 8, 2011
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