Auto-Detecting Malware? It's Possible

itwbennett writes "If antivirus protectors could collect data from machines and users, including geographic location, social networking information, type of operating system, installed programs and configurations, 'it would enable them to quickly identify new malware strains without even looking at the code,' says Dr. Markus Jakobsson. In a recent article, he outlines some examples of how this could work. The bottom line is this: 'Let's ignore what the malware does on a machine, and instead look at how it moves between machines. That is much easier to assess. And the moment malware gives up what allows us to detect it, it also stops being a threat.'"

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Re:Privacy

[Mr. Firewall]

I don't see how ANYTHING could be any kind of privacy breech. What the hell does "privacy hind end" mean, anyway?

Note that we're talking about Privacy's breech, not yours... had you said "breech privacy", it would at least make sense, but I still don't see how information about your computer has anything to do with the privacy of your buttocks...