Trouble with Tauscan update

I'm waiting for an answer from Tauscan tech support but in the mean time thought I'd try here and see if one of you ever ran into this problem. Yes, I can always get Tauscan to download the latest update EVENTUALLY, but it always takes 2 or 3 tries! Any suggestions other than "Wait for tech support to answer"? Thanks very much.

 

Yeah, I've only had Tauscan for a couple of months but it's been this way since day one; ALWAYS have to update 2-3 times before the update finally shows in the Database. Thanks for your time.

 

That's quite alright. Actually, I use BoClean as my full time/real time scanner, I only use Tauscan once a week to scan my whole system.

 

>Anyway: as long as Tauscan isn't able to cope with polymorphic
>trojans, the app is virtual useless - sorry for stating this bluntly
>.

By the way ... there isn't ANY polymorphic trojan or backdoor ).

 

>By the way ... there isn't ANY polymorphic trojan or backdoor ). <



LOL well for sure Tauscan wont find them if there is.
Sorry Mr Haak, while I consider you to be one of the best in the world of computers imo Tauscan needs major improvement. Polymorphic needs addressing before not after.

 

>Sorry Mr Haak, while I consider you to be one of the best in the
>world of computers imo Tauscan needs major improvement.
>Polymorphic needs addressing before not after.

I think there won't be "real" polymorphism for trojans. Polymorphic means that a random encryption and decryptor is chosen or generated every time the malware starts.

So the trojan had to generate a copy of himself every time the trojan is started. In fact it had to replicate it self.

But per definition a trojan doesn't replicate - thats the great diffrence between worms/viruses and trojans.

I polymorphic trojan builder is possible (MoSucker 2.2 claimed to have a polymorphic trojan builder for example) ... but imho no polymorphic trojan.

And by the way ... if there would be a polymorphic trojan no current anti trojan scanner would be able to find them using file scanning cause at the moment no one of them has a 32 Bit emulation to step through a polymorphic encryption ).

 

>And by the way ... if there would be a polymorphic trojan no current anti trojan scanner would be able to find them using file scanning cause at the moment no one of them has a 32 Bit emulation to step through a polymorphic encryption ). <


agreed Mr Haak. If I may ask for my personal knowledge........would a boot ploymorphic be able to replicate itself?? As a boot virus does.

 

would also agree with Paul since polymorpic is a fact not an illusion. an if I may ask please, at the moment is the safest hex just to disable WSH?? Thank you

 

>agreed Mr Haak. If I may ask for my personal
>knowledge........would a boot ploymorphic be able to replicate
>itself?? As a boot virus does.

What do you mean if you say boot polymorphic? A polymorphic boot virus?

 

>symantics, Andreas, no more, no less .

Do you know even one "polymorphic trojan" at the moment?

 

Mr Haak I am not nearly as knowledgeable as yourself so please bear that in my as I try to offer an explanation.

A boot virus is a sense replicates itself each time the computer is turned on...granted its not actually replicating itself since its always there...however, many anti virus programs never see the boot virus during a normal scan an the boot virus then must be removed by way of a boot start-up disk or a msdos scanner that has the sig of that particular boot virus. so my question is would it not be possible that a ployporhic boot trogan could do the same as a boot virus....replicate itself each time a computer is turned on my hiding itself lets say in somewhere in the os.
my question is sincere Mr Haak.....I am very curious about this.

 

Currently, most of the security sites that I frequent do indeed recommend disabling or removing WSH. Just in case you're not sure how to do it, many sites will tell you how. Take care.

 

>Do you know even one "polymorphic trojan" at the moment? <


Yes. if you were to count the one that was made by the person you discovered the exploit. Granted its not in the wild. But thats not to say it never will be

 

must be off to class now. Mr Haak thank you for taking of your time to reply. An for being patient. Merry Christmas