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End to viruses?

Malak

Malak

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Footnotes: Honeypots distributed throughout internetwork that capture viruses, create a fix, and release the fix to everyone on the fly. Viruses will be shutdown before they even make headlines.

EDIT: Always thought it was virii, never checked.
 
as long as people out there enjoy creating viruses, there will always be them.

edit: fixed for hate of the word virii.
 
There needs to be an end to the spelling virii. The singular form is NOT virius.
 
So does this thing called a dictionary.
Viruses.

Anyway, there will always be worms and viruses. They've been around for over 20 years.

As long as you can have remote code executed there will be viruses. And as long as you have software there will be bugs that allow remote code.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does this thing called a dictionary.
Viruses.

Anyway, there will always be worms and viruses. They've been around for over 20 years.

As long as you can have remote code executed there will be viruses. And as long as you have software there will be bugs that allow remote code.
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The point isn't that people can't write viruses, the point is they won't spread like the do now. Instead of every user for him or herself, the protection will just exist on the network as a whole. It will require a large investment by someone, but whoever does it will get huge publicity so I can't imagine we'll have trouble getting the support. One person at IBM said it was "promising", so we could see this happen within 5-10 years.
 
Originally posted by: Malak
Originally posted by: spidey07
So does this thing called a dictionary.
Viruses.

Anyway, there will always be worms and viruses. They've been around for over 20 years.

As long as you can have remote code executed there will be viruses. And as long as you have software there will be bugs that allow remote code.
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The point isn't that people can't write viruses, the point is they won't spread like the do now. Instead of every user for him or herself, the protection will just exist on the network as a whole. It will require a large investment by someone, but whoever does it will get huge publicity so I can't imagine we'll have trouble getting the support. One person at IBM said it was "promising", so we could see this happen within 5-10 years.
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I dont't like their approach at all. Too many holes and ways around it.

There are two very effective methods right now.
1) Use software between the OS and Kernal that prevents remote code. Even unpatched computers with this method wide open on the internet will never be infected with a virus/worm
2) Build the intelligence into the network infrastructure at every level. Network sees virus or worm activity and automatically shuns or blocks this communication.

#1 is out today and has been for a while - host based intrusion prevention.
#2 is very close. There are rudimentary systems but it isn't perfect yet.
 
Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: loup garou
Originally posted by: Accipiter22
Originally posted by: Amused
"virii" is not a word. The proper term is "viruses."
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no, it's virii.
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No, it's not.
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Yes, he's right.

😕
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Doesnt Virii = many men in latin?
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take away the last 'i', and the word 'many' (because it doesn't necessarily have to be many...could be 2)
 
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
As long as there is software, there will be viruses.
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Granted, but this isn't there to stop viruses, it's there to stop the spread.
 
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