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Open Source Malware Search Engine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-case-your-computer-isn't-infected-already dept.

chr0.ot writes "Metasploit creator HD Moore has released an open-source search engine that finds live malware samples through Google queries. From the article: 'The new Malware Search project provides a Web interface that allows anyone to enter the name of a known virus or Trojan and find Google results for Web sites hosting malicious executables.' The tool then searches for actual malware signatures and uses the signature output from ClamAV to find the name of the malware. This is then used in conjunction with a PE signature matching method to form a Google query. Afterwards the malware can then be downloaded directly from Google."

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  1. What it doesn't say in the FA... by Karem+Lore · · Score: 0, Troll
    What it doesn't say is that once you put a request in, your IP is logged, looked up, your ISP contacted, address, phone number, work place and pets names retrieved and the whole lot is sent for cross refrence to a number of intelligence agencies to determine your employer, who is contacted and informed to sack you because you are looking for viruses in the wild...While looking for new jobs, you are traced and if you attempt to get another IT job the agencies will send 100 armed officers to arrest you, charge you with terrorism and send you to guantanamo bay where you will be subjected to torture and only an appointed military lawyer. While there you will admit (whatever your views) that you are anti-american and fighting a non-existant jihad war whereby you will be incarcerated for life...


    The link is here for those that missed it...

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  2. Since we're off on a tangent anyway by diersing · · Score: 0, Troll
    As a casual observer I've always wanted to ask... Do you feel better now? Do you feel empowered? Intelligent? Superior?

    Sure, the poster made a grammatical error, but his thought/idea was communicated right? It's not like you read it and became so confused you couldn't understand his post. So I would really like to ask... What motivated you to point it out and offer nothing to the topic or discussion at hand?

  3. Slashdot Search Engine by hublan · · Score: 0, Troll

    CowboyNeal writes: "Metasploit creator HD Moore has released an open-source search engine that finds Slashdot dupes through Google queries. From the article: 'The new DupeDot project provides a Web interface that allows anyone to enter the name of a new article and find Google results on /. for the exact same article.' The tool then searches for appropriate responses and posts a response to the new article on Slashdot proclaiming it to be a dupe. Afterwards the article shows up again."

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