I thought I would put this memory scanner out there

I never tried it yet but I thought I would posty it so people that did try it can speak up. It's called lttle memory scanner. http://www.mindblock.org/lms/

 

I don't even take this seriously. The guy obviously knows nothing about malware. Consider the quote "In the beginning I simply assumed malware would fall into my hands, it hasn't been this easy." Or the fact that he thinks he may be able to simply use the defs from another product (as if you just read the defs and--BANG!--they work straight off). He mentions Nero and Dr. Web, but those entities have a licensing agreement for that. <sigh>

http://www.mindblock.org/lms/about.htm

 

Thanks for your info. I was sent the lionk by a friend that asked me to check it out to see if it was worth the download. That's why I posted here to see if anyone used it or tried it. I wasn't going to tell my friend that it was a crappy program just becuase the maker said something I didn't like.

 

This is the list of what this "scanner" scans for ( or at least try's to scan for ... )

Spy/MungBung
W32/HDK.4
W32/HDK.5
Troj/SR
Troj/Sub7-21
Troj/NetBus.170
Troj/Proxy
Troj/BO2K
Troj/Sub7-215
Troj/Sub7-22b
Troj/Sub7-1
Troj/Psyme.b
WinXP.PKV
I-Worm.Prosac
W32.Mimail.I@mm
Worm/CodeRed.2
Win32.Sobig.F@mm
W32.Welchia.Worm
W32.Welchia.Worm
W32.Dumaru@mm
W32.Swen.A@mm
Win32.RousSarc
I-Worm.CodeRed
Win32.Solaris
Worm.P2P.Lolol.a
I-Worm.Gibe.B
I-Worm.Klez.e
Worm/IRC.url
W32/Mydoom-A
W32/Mydoom-A
W32/Mydoom-B
W32/Magistr-A
W95/CIH-10xx
W95/CIH-10xx
VBS/Netlog-H
VBS/Netlog-B
VBS/LifeStages
W32/Bagle.gen
W32/Netsky-C
W32/Bagle-H
W32/Netsky-P

I did start a Win32.Sobig.f Worm, which should be detected if i belive the viruslist of lms.

And...

...nothing !

( see attached screenshot )

However, this software is not even worth to be freeware.
It's completely useless - even if it would detect one or let's say 2 malware samples.

Regards,
Michael

 

I wasn't slamming the product just because of what the author said, really. It's just that... the author said some things that in my opinion disqualify him for authoring such a product. There are far, far too many reputable, established products out there (some of them freeware, no less) for this to even be considered.

 

Thanks for the replies. I told my friend not to mess with the program. I turned him on to Avast a few months ago and I told him I didn't see the reason why he needed a memory scanner.

 

Just FYI - the avast! Virus Cleaner is a similar tool - but works well (as far as I can tell). It can completely and reliably remove a number of worms/viruses (currently more then 320). It's only about 300KB is size and doesn't require installation...

http://www.avast.com/eng/pic/cleaner_en.gif

For more info: http://www.avast.com/i_idt_171.html
Direct download: http://files.avast.com/files/eng/aswclnr.exe


Thanks
Vlk

 

The author has released the source-code...

maybe someone here wants to rewrite it, since your all such great coderz

http://lms.mindblock.org

 

I love it when someone says that software should not be criticized by anyone who cannot write code themselves. Do these people ever complain about a bad movie they see, or an unreliable car they drive? But can they readily make a major motion picture themselves, or mass-produce an automobile? I didn't think so.

And by the way, I am a "great coder". I just happen to work on a platform other than Win32. Oh gee, there ARE other platforms out there? Who knew?

 

Well this scanner went really far didn't it.