Als Antwort auf:/In reply to: Re: Antivirus? geschrieben von:/posted by: Dann Corbit at 30 June 2004 21:02:52:
I still think that the greater danger is an exploit. While you could write a malicious engine and post it, it would be awfully easy to track down the originator.I suppose that might work. I don't load new chess engines unless I have the source code or they have been around for a while. I also run strings against the binaries to see what is lurking inside and also to see if the program is a clone.Yes a do have an antivirus, and a firewall, but this it's useless with new threats. I mean that if i wanted to make some damage, i could make a special chess engine version, and announce it as a new 2400 ELO engine (to catch you), and add it code to erase your files on your documents folder and when you download it and execute it your antivirus it's not going to reconize anything, and you are going to lose your documents.Don't you have a virus scanner? Everything written to my disk is checked automatically, and my virus software is updated nightly over the internet.
This it's just a sample, maybe you have a very secure environment, but the fact it's that most people would fall in the trap.
Of course, a harmless engine could be posted and then switched later. And strings can be encrpyted.
Probably a malicious engine would cause great harm. But it would be restricted to a few thousand PCs I think
An exploit can be far more anonymous.
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