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Re: Is Malware Hiding in Your Windows Registry?

Dave Close (dave@compata.com)
Sat, 3 Sep 2005 04:32:30 +0000 (UTC)

Elizabeth Montalbano <idg@telecom-digest.org> writes:

> Security experts have found a vulnerability in the Windows operating
> system that could allow malware to lurk undetected in long string
> names of the Windows Registry.

The answer to the question is, yes, of course, there is malware in
your Windows registry. But it isn't hiding; it's name is "registry".
The registry /design/ is one of the main reasons Windows is vulnerable
to so many attacks.

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