No, at best you it will not install correctly. At worse, someone has
reverse engineered the format and will insert a virus definitation that
identifies COMMAND.COM as a virus, and the recommended action is to DELETE.
And an open question I have asked to Symantec for the past 2 or 3 years is
how do they ensure that this does not happen? They refuse to answer. I
suspect its because someone could do this, and they would rather put their
money into advertising than real security.
-----Original Message-----
From: opie san [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 8:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: More info on NAI & McAfee website hacked.
I don't think this is the case. The DAT files are compiled into binary
format and if anyone tried to diddle with them the worst you would get as a
customer is a DAT file that wouldn't install correctly, if at all. I have
asked this question to McAfee before with regards to the WebShield for Nokia
product running McAfee's WebShield software. That was there answer from
the engineering folks that handle the DAT files.
opiesan
>From: "Kathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: More info on NAI & McAfee website hacked.
>Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:41:09 -0600
>Additional question is if the hackers changed the NAI website content,
>would that also imply that the hackers could have changed the file download
>content of their antivirus software and replaced with a trojan? Obviously,
>this is conjecture and no proof that hackers did this, but I think it is a
>fair question to ask of NAI or any security company that gets their website
>hacked.
>
>
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