Hello,

I surfed for another reason over the web when I stumbled upon a site
where the utility Runscanner was advertised. (www.runscanner.net) and
saw that this tool scans for instances of a certain piece of software,
making a MD5 hash fo it and ckecking their online database to see if
the file is fake or not.

Now this seems to me -not being an expert at all- a way to verify the
authenticity of a file that could be handy.

I have some questions about this:

1. Is this a good way to control the authenticity of your files?

2. If so, what Runscanner-like tool would be the best to do this?

3. Could such a tool not become infected itself and be used by malware
to disguise itself. ;-)

Thanks,

Massimo

Hello,

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:16:58 -0500, SomeoneElse(not@telling.com)
wrote:

That is only one of the several things I am afraid of...;-)


and working from a cd asks its time. I thought to work from a
usb-stick with fysical write protection. (must still buy one).


you. So I suppose the only thing to do is to gather a bunch of
excellent tools and use them all and then hope for the best.


Thanks for your thorough reaction!

Regards,

Massimo

"SomeoneElse" wrote:

Runscanner (www.runscanner.net) is not malware. The advanced mode is
quite useful if you understand your system and know what you're doing.

Hello,

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:10:02 +0100, "Ant" <not@home.today> wrote:


Massimo