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Mysterious hidden files in C:\Windows -- are they malicious?
A few months ago, I noticed two strange hidden files in C:\Windows. They had seemingly random alphanumeric names, no file extensions, and seemingly random binary content. I didn't think much of it at ...
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Is there a way to restrict my program installation to a certain web-source on Windows?
I have a program HelloWorld, signed by me and distributed from my company site. But someone has downloaded it from my site, wrapped into program SuperDuperHelloWorld and also added some malware into ...
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Are home users vulnerable to the wcrypt malware "outbreak"?
Let me see if I get it all right...
Hackers are exploiting the vulnerability that was leaked from NSA files using wcrypt(all other the news today), which seems to be a worm virus: it searches for new ...
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Weird USB device shows up in logs
From time to time I use usbdeview, a small tool to show installed usb drivers, to check on my PC if someone has plugged in a flash drive etc. while I was not attending the computer.
Anyway, couple ...
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How credible is company/publisher and its version information of DLL or EXE?
This Stackoverflow question shows how to modify version information in some classes of binary files, like DLLs. I often rely on the version information as one metric (amongst many) for peace of mind ...
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