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It could be argued that security vendors are losing the battle with online scammers whose programs sneak onto computers and drop malicious programs, opening the computers up to remote attacks and turning them into zombies in botnet armies.The problem is that most computers today rely on antivirus software that blocks malware by checking the code in a file against a database of signatures of known viruses. With thousands of new viruses arriving each day, many of them encrypted in part or otherwise disguised with modification, the signature lists require frequent updates and many new viruses slip through undetected.More At; http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10184407-83.html?tag=mncol

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thats a good idea, as u cannot create an antivirus for each viruses, the behaviour idea is a good inititative

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I thought that was how some of them were made. Yikes

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It was my understanding that anti-malware applications have been doing this for years.
Also known as behavior based detection.

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Jerry Parnell wrote:
Also known as behavior based detection.


If not heuristics most of the time.

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Doctor Inferno wrote:
Jerry Parnell wrote:
Also known as behavior based detection.


If not heuristics most of the time.

Haha, I knew that there was a name for it, but I just couldnt think of it at the time. It was on the tip of my fingers.. Ahahaha

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