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VIRUSES, WORMS AND OTHER MALWARE EXPERTS



			Ed Skoudis Founder and Senior Security Consultant with Intelguardians ASK A QUESTION


	VirusTotal: On-demand antivirus service scans malicious files Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com \| 21 Sep 2007 TIP - When several AV scanners are installed on the same system, they may interfere with each other. Fortunately, more than 30 antivirus scanner engines are just a Web-click away.


	Windows Update attacks: Ensuring malware-free downloads 20 Sep 2007 TIP - Attackers recently discovered how to exploit Windows Update to push malware. Contributor Michael Cobb investigates who is to blame: the service itself or uninformed users.


	Fight viruses with your USB flash drive 06 Sep 2007 TIP - In this tip, Ed Skoudis reveals his list of the most important weapons in any portable malware-defense kit -- and they're all free.


	Finding malware on your Windows box (using the command line) 16 Aug 2007 TIP - Ed Skoudis explains how just a few command-line tricks can help users closely examine the configuration of a Windows machine and discover whether a box is infected by malware.


	Metamorphic malware sets new standard in antivirus evasion 02 Aug 2007 TIP - Noah Schiffman explains how metamorphic malware works, how it differs from polymorphic malware and the best defense strategy for enterprises.


	Does SMS spoofing require as much effort as email spoofing? 26 Jul 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - SMS text message spoofing demands a little more technical knowledge than email spoofing. But not much, says information security threat expert Ed Skoudis. In this Q&A, Skoudis explains how that technical know-how has now been ...


	Can an antivirus program's behavior-based functions be judged? 26 Jul 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - Most antivirus tools do not give users the configuration option to turn specfic detection functions on or off, making it difficult to judge the accuracy of a program's behavior-based technology. In this expert Q&A, Ed Skoudis ...


	Is it possible to detect today's peer-to-peer (P2P) botnets? 26 Jul 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - Historically, botnets used centralized architectures for command and control. In this SearchSecurity.com Q&A, Ed Skoudis explains how attackers have upgraded the botnet structure using peer-to-peer (P2P) technology.


	Using VMware for malware analysis Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com \| 22 May 2007 TIP - Malware expert Lenny Zeltser explains the steps that enterprises must take to ensure malicious software doesn't leak out of their VMware-based labs and endanger production systems.


	Why can't antimalware tools scan inside virtual machines? 09 Apr 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - You'd think that it would be easy for an antimalware tool to see what's going on inside a virtual workstation. Unfortunately, it's not. In this expert Q&A, Ed Skoudis explains the difficulty of scanning a guest virtual ...


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