Timeline for What is the likelihood of malware infections in Appdata\Roaming folder?
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| Mar 18, 2011 at 2:14 | comment | added | Synetech | Well if one can get infected, then so can the other, however the actual distribution depends on the viruses. It could simply be that older viruses targeted the more common local directory (which is used by systems that are not on a domain controller), while more recent writers have decided to target the server instead because it gives them better access to networks in Universities and businesses (after all, virus writers have evolved from pranksters and braggers to organized, profit-motivated criminals and their viruses have evolved from in-your face “gotcha” messages to hidden rootkits). | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 1:20 | comment | added | CChriss | You said, "nicely put", but your anecdotal findings differ from his (he said the \roaming folder is equally as likely as the \local folder to get infected). Right? (Recall I was asking how likely it is for the \roaming folder to get infected. So, for the purpose of my question, your answer is very different from his.) | |
| Mar 18, 2011 at 1:17 | vote | accept | CChriss | ||
| Mar 6, 2011 at 12:35 | comment | added | edusysadmin | Nicely put. I'll add my anecdotal findings, in our environment we find that most malware actually ends up in the users's AppData\Local directory rather than the AppData\Roaming. | |
| Mar 6, 2011 at 2:11 | history | answered | Synetech | CC BY-SA 2.5 |