On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Ari Weisz-Koves wrote:
> that only one person needs to write a really good trojan before thousands
> can be using it the next week.
And only one person needs to write a good library before thousands can be
using it next week.
>
> I propose just one more argmuent to this debate. We know that someone can
> write an extremly nasty trojan and get it out in use quickly, regardless of
> what operating system is in use. And like Paul said we're starting to see
> more .exe virii around as the skilled virii programmers get more Win32
> savvy. But I believe less people can make these work than can give it a go
> with a VBS approach. And surely the anti-virus vendors have a better chance
> at keeping up with the game if only a fraction of those capable of writing
> virii using kits are capable of writing trojans to use libpcap? I'm not
> saying that they can't do it, but if it simple enough to come in a kit then
> anyone who feels so inclined can do it. If it requires actually picking up
> some books and learning Win32 programming, won't they just go back to
> watching MTV?
I doubt it- we saw the same growth curve in the DOS virus days, and I
can't see a reason we won't see DecryptAndInstallPcap(); or something
similar anyway
VB isn't _that_ difficult to learn.
Paul
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