kurt wismer <kurtw@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:f931pn$r8m$1
@registered.motzarella.org:

> Andy Walker wrote:
> [snip]
>> I understand what your saying, but some scanners take into account
>> other metrics like the existence of certain registry keys, or even the
>> structure of supporting files used as databases for the malware. A
>> complete deconstruction of the offending malware *could* produce
>> enough information to snare all its variants. Heh! but then who's got
>> the time... ;-)
>
> a *complete* deconstruction of the malware (or any program, really)
> falls outside the realm of computability as it is reducible to the
> halting problem...

Again, I want to thank you for stepping in and explaining the obvious.
BugHunter is not the only program which can be defeated using the tricks
Andy specified.


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