Is MBAM is a 100% safe application?

[Dustin Cook]

~BD~ <BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in
news:rYydneWshpxkXUHWnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@bt.com:

> No. I'd hoped that Dustin might re-read the thread if it came to his
> attention again and he wasn't too busy! ;-)

I started to read the link posted. when I saw the dates and your comments
concerning pcbutts, I stopped.

I know that mbam isn't 100% safe anymore so than my hand sanitizer kills
100% of all germs. (it claims 99.?% instead). It's proven math on these.

Not by fault of either product, it's just not a mathematically correct
(nor legally really) thing to say.

> Trolli is still monitoring posts being made on Scorched-Earth.

BD, it's usenet.. You can even set google to monitor posts and phrases
for you, and email when it sees something. Technology for you.

I lurked for a few days myself before I actually posted the first time. I
have read most of the threads I found on the server here (I use the
server provided by my ISP; old habits die hard) but haven't posted to
many of them.

> *Why*?

Could be any number of reasons. Not everything is a conspiracy, ya
know...




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"Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge
this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior

[Ant]

"~BD~" wrote:
> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr
> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to say
> so. You talk as if you *know* him!

How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I
never mentioned or referred to him?

As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and
acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and
provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes,
I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and
anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't
know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and
neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All
indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security,
viruses and other malware.

As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time
programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering
malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently
circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from
other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's
a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve
and the bay guys try out new methods.

I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because
that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such
applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level
system knowledge and basic or specialist tools.

[Dustin Cook]

"Ant" <not@home.today> wrote in
news:HvKdnUrh5o0HVEHWnZ2dnUVZ8tEAAAAA@brightview.c o.uk:

> "~BD~" wrote:
>> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr
>> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to
say
>> so. You talk as if you *know* him!
>
> How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I
> never mentioned or referred to him?
>
> As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and
> acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and
> provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes,
> I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and
> anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't
> know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and
> neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All
> indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security,
> viruses and other malware.
>
> As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time
> programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering
> malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently
> circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from
> other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's
> a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve
> and the bay guys try out new methods.
>
> I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because
> that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such
> applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level
> system knowledge and basic or specialist tools.

+1


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this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior

[~BD~]

FromTheRafters wrote:
> "~BD~"<BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:JOSdndli_pDIk0HWnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> [...]
>
>> At that link it says - quote:-
>>
>> "When you run the fdisk command to create, delete, or change a
>> partition, all of the data on that partition is permanently deleted".
>>
>> I've always understood that to mean that any malware would be
>> destroyed too!
>
> Bad sectors (or sectors *marked* as bad) in this case might be
> considered "outside" any partition.
>
> [...]
>
>> That is my understanding too. My niggling concern has always been that
>> malware (call it what you will) might remain 'somewhere' within a box
>> ready to continue with it's malicious activity even though it's been
>> flattened and windows reinstalled (or even if a *new* hard disk has
>> been installed!).
>
> Warning - - an analogy follows:
>
> Some vaguely described monster has finally been *killed* by the monster
> hunter and you have an uneasy feeling that the monster can rise from the
> blood at the scene of the killing. Well, it ain't gonna happen, but when
> you asked an expert if an entity like that could be resurrected from its
> blood - he said yes and told you about DNA and sheep, cats, etc...
>
> The thing is, the expert wasn't asked if the entity could self-resurrect
> from the blood left behind after the killing of the monster.
>


You should try your hand at writing stories for children, FTR!

[~BD~]

Dustin Cook wrote:

>
> Wouldn't this be more appropriate in another newsgroup? This one, and the
> ones I see you've set as followup don't really apply...
>

You are probably right, Dustin

Which group(s) do you suggest?

BD

[~BD~]

Dustin Cook wrote:
> ~BD~<BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in
> news:rYydneWshpxkXUHWnZ2dnUVZ8sidnZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> No. I'd hoped that Dustin might re-read the thread if it came to his
>> attention again and he wasn't too busy! ;-)
>
> I started to read the link posted. when I saw the dates and your comments
> concerning pcbutts, I stopped.
>

I am *so* disappointed!

> I know that mbam isn't 100% safe any moreso than my hand sanitizer kills
> 100% of all germs. (it claims 99.?% instead). It's proven math on these.

Your English corrected! <big smile!>

> Not by fault of either product, it's just not a mathematically correct
> (nor legally really) thing to say.
>
>> Trolli is still monitoring posts being made on Scorched-Earth.
>
> BD, it's usenet.. You can even set google to monitor posts and phrases
> for you, and email when it sees something. Technology for you.

I've no real idea about setting up auto monitoring - I read *everything!*

> I lurked for a few days myself before I actually posted the first time. I
> have read most of the threads I found on the server here (I use the
> server provided by my ISP; old habits die hard) but haven't posted to
> many of them.
>
>> *Why*?
>
> Could be any number of reasons. Not everything is a conspiracy, ya
> know...

No - not everything!

Read here, on your home territory!
http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index...99&#entry27599

I'd still like us to work together, Dustin!

--
Dave

[Max Wachtel]

On Sun, 02 May 2010 04:23:31 -0400, ~BD~ <BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote:

> Which group do you suggest?

alt.usenet.kooks -you'll find some real charmers in there.
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[~BD~]

Ant wrote:
> "~BD~" wrote:
>> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr
>> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to say
>> so. You talk as if you *know* him!
>
> How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I
> never mentioned or referred to him?

I had a son who was a computer guru - he's an angel now. He guides me!

> As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and
> acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and
> provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes,
> I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and
> anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't
> know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and
> neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All
> indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security,
> viruses and other malware.

Thank you. What you say holds no surprises!

> As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time
> programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering
> malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently
> circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from
> other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's
> a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve
> and the bay guys try out new methods.
>
> I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because
> that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such
> applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level
> system knowledge and basic or specialist tools.

You sound much like the cyber-friend I made on the Kaspersky forums!

P2U is/was Dutch, Married to a Russian woman and lives(d) in Moscow. I
'met' him on the Kaspersky forums after I had bought KAV7 a few years
ago. Amongst other things he specialised in computer forensics and was
trying to help me investigate how 'bad guys' do things.


Here is a past PM conversation:

QUOTE (by me! BD)

If I type http://www.annex.com into IE7, my AOL browser or Firefox - it
works as expected (or should I say as I might expect?).
I wouldn't be surprised if you told me something was not quite right,
even at first base!

REPLY

I understand that googlesyndication and google-analytics are there
asking to execute scripts and to drop cookies, but what the **** are
live.com and msn.com doing there?!?
OK. I'll register later today as p2u. I have to go and see a student
right now. I'll be back in an hour or three.

Paul

__________________________________________________ ___________________

Regrettably, little further progress ensued. Here's the reason why.

Message from Paul, 27.09.2008 05:50

Hi, Dave!

Yes, I owe you an explanation, but I couldn't find the strength to write
you about it. At the end of last year, I was diagnosed with a swelling
in the pancreatic area. I've been through hell all this time. Life
expectancy is not much; at most 2 years. The problem is that the
swelling was benign, but is turning into a malignant one. An operation
means almost certain death. I'm not afraid of dying, not for myself - I
just wonder how my little son is going to take this.
I hope you understand, that in such a state of mind I'm not eager at all
to communicate with anyone. This is nothing personal. I hope you
understand that. That's also the reason why I rarely appear on this
forum - the 'how-are-you' stuff scares me. I don't know how I am and why
this is happening to me...

Kind regards,

Paul
__________________________________________________ _____________________


There is more information here should you be mildly interested.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...&cr=&sloc=&p=1

Or http://snurl.com/vy6sc

It is basically an extract of posts I 'stored' on Jenn's BB but folk
would have to register to read same there. http://pqlr.org/bbs/

If I'm wasting your time, forgive me. My only ambition is to help, in
any small way, to ruffle the feathers of the bad guys to which you
refer. I seek only the truth.

--
Dave

[~BD~]

Dustin Cook wrote:
> ~BD~<BoaterDave@hotmail.co.ukk> wrote in
> news:etmdnSAlabunKkTWnZ2dnUVZ8qednZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> OK - I'm convinced at last.
>>
>> Mbam *is* a 100% safe application!
>> **********************************
>>
>> See post number 3 - here:-
>>
>> http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php...l=Malwarebytes
>>
>
> Yay! Thank God...
>
>

I wrote to Malwarebytes and apologised, btw.

Whilst I can (and have) registered again under another name, I'd prefer
to have my ban rescinded and revert to being BD.

How would you feel about putting in a good word for me, Dustin?

I genuinely felt (still feel) that the picture I posted was in no way
pornographic and *was* meant simply in fun - *not* intended to be
offensive.

It was also in the Honorary Members group which is not, as far as I'm
aware, accessible by the general public or children.

--
Dave

[Dustin Cook]

~BD~ <BoaterDave@hot.mail.co.uk> wrote in news:uf6dnfDt-
LfgU0DWnZ2dnUVZ8tidnZ2d@bt.com:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> ~BD~<BoaterDave@hotmail.co.ukk> wrote in
>> news:etmdnSAlabunKkTWnZ2dnUVZ8qednZ2d@bt.com:
>>
>>> OK - I'm convinced at last.
>>>
>>> Mbam *is* a 100% safe application!
>>> **********************************
>>>
>>> See post number 3 - here:-
>>>
>>> http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php...l=Malwarebytes
>>>
>>
>> Yay! Thank God...
>>
>>
>
> I wrote to Malwarebytes and apologised, btw.
>
> Whilst I can (and have) registered again under another name, I'd prefer
> to have my ban rescinded and revert to being BD.
>
> How would you feel about putting in a good word for me, Dustin?

Are you smoking crack or heavily drinking? You just told me you forged
yourself a new identity to evade the BAN previously placed on you, and
then you want me to put in a good word for you? Laughable, frakking
laughable. You lack honor and disipline.





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"Hrrngh! Someday I'm going to hurl this...er...roll this...hrrngh.. nudge
this boulder right down a cliff." - Goblin Warrior