)) To Der.Reisende - I don't trust password managers. My word document is in a folder protected by Sandboxie (when browsing Sandboxie blocks access to that folder by all apps). And Comodo is set to protect that folder (Right now I have enabled HIPS and put that folder into ,,Protected objects". And i keep a copy of that word in 2 USB's and a Removable disk. And my passwords are a bit modified. Let's say, my real password for some forum is 56+?yu}*+FG45F? , but I added an ,,a" and it looks like a56+?yu}*+FG45F? . CheersSounds good, thanks for the explanation! Have a great day furtherThanks for greetings
Hi, Lucent. Sandboxie is my first line of defence when browsing internet. Avast and Comodo - second line of defence. About Malware hub - I would like to participate in order to get malware samples and send them to Avast. But I don't insist on beeing accepted. I have malocode account. And I don't execute malware.
My tests consist of Scanning, not executing in my PCTesting Malware on host machine? Do you do this in a Virtual environment ?
Good config! Thanks for sharing it with us
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Do you realize that by accessing the files with an Anti Virus scanner you could potentially trigger a sample to execute?My tests consist of Scanning, not executing in my PC
Be aware that even scan only can trigger malware in some cases, however I haven't had this issue yet, knocking on wood.My tests consist of Scanning, not executing in my PC
)Maybe 4 -5 years ago I had interesting case. I downloaded a malware (I knew that was malware). My Avast (or maybe Avira) did't find a malware. When I decided to scan with Hitman pro. After i clicked throu explorer ,scan with Hitmapro", Windows alerted that some exe wanted to be launched. I clicked on ,,no". I tried to send to virustotal by virustotal uploader. Comodo HIPS alerted something about Nvidia (never before I had similar alert). I clicked to ,,deny". I Scanned with Emsisoft free. It detected malware. I put it into quarantine and after that I deleted the malware from the quarantine. So, It was one and unique case when malware can be triggered by antivirus scanner. Second case - i saw on DrWeb forum (According to a user, Dr.Web antivirus detected a malware, but instead of deleting it, malware was installed (if i am not mistaken). It was maybe 4-5 years ago, when Russian users were attacked by Lockscreen/Winlock ransomware.Be aware that even scan only can trigger malware in some cases, however I haven't had this issue yet, knocking on wood.
EDIT: @Lucent Warrior was faster
Hope you have all personal files/details encrypted for the occasional "accidental execution", as SD may protect that system, but not stop outbound communication.A lot of samples (on several websites) have .bin added after the real extension, to avoid pb on accidental execution.
But I always test with Shadow Defender enabled ( because I'm paranoid
If I accidentaly click on a .bin file, no executionHope you have all personal files/details encrypted for the occasional "accidental execution", as SD may protect that system, but not stop outbound communication.
