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Originally Posted by greencreeper
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Originally Posted by BBKing
It doesn't determine 100% that a particular machine can host the virus - two Windows PCs returning the same string could have one vulnerable, one not, depending on whether patches have been installed. It doesn't have enough information to make a certain judgement.
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Exactly - so why write the software in the first place if they know it (a) cannot work because there's no way to identify infected PCs; and (b) users can leave the garden by downloading patches - no installation necessary. |
They may not be able to determine which PCs are patched with 100% efficiency, but they can detect machines acting suspiciously (port scanning, bulk emailing etc). I personally think this is a good thing, and, frankly, don't understand why you don't.
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