FromTheRafters wrote:
> "~BD~"<~BD~@nomail.afraid.com> wrote in message
> news:MMadnRc12uPyzYTTnZ2dnUVZ8oednZ2d@bt.com...
>
>> Has *any* AV company downloaded the /whole/ anti-malware programme, just like
>> any member of the public, onto a clean machine, run the programme and then
>> forensically examined said machine afterwards?
>
> There's no reason to.

Odd that BTS says that the NSA *has* done so. http://www.nsa.gov/

> Better would be to examine what it *tries* to do on *all* systems it
> could possibly run on. What would happen if they tried it on XP sp3
> and gave it a clean bill of health thereafter - but it was designed to
> only compromise Vista?
>
> You apparently don't understand how it all works at the lower levels.

I'm not a computer buff like you FTR. I'm simply a user, not a techie!

That's the very reason I like to bounce things off you (in particular).

I believe I /have/ thanked you - for helping me - too! ;-)