Re: [Dev-C++] (no subject)

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Abhijit Shylanath wrote:
> You said NT locks the file as soon as it starts, does that extend to
> driver-load time? I mean, by `start' do you mean the user-visible start or
> the actual kernel load? If not, one could theoretically write a fake driver
> that can access the file. I wouldn't be surprised if Windows had a hole like
> that.

Who knows if this hole is a wanted "feature" by M$? To turn a bit away 
from the subject: I doubt that the so famous nimda virus has found 
security holes. I think they were actually not holes, but backdoors left 
for M$, so that they can access your server anytime, without you knowing 
of it. Sometimes the virus writers find these backdoors, left by M$. 
Just read the EULA of Windows XP, you'll find strange things there.

Another thing might be, what if nimda was actually the creation of M$ 
itself? I mean, to scare some high guy. Of course, this is all fiction, 
but it is still starnge, that nimda's spreading algorithm was 
"incorrect", so it was spreading too slow. I doubt that a virus writer, 
who can write a so perfect virus, located HUGE security holes (or 
backdoors) would write an incorrect spreading algorithm. I don't know 
exactly how it worked, I just know that if it was written good, nimda 
would have infected ALL M$ servers.

Just my brain-foolishness...
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   Balázs