- Jun 16, 2014
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I just had this idea which seems a little crazy but it might just work, lots of people come to this forum and many others looking for help removing viruses and infections from their computer, but few of us get a chance to analyse these samples.
So I was thinking, what if there were an automated tool that an infected user would run, that would collect data from the log files, like AdwCleaner, HitmanPro or whatever else, zip those malicious files (before they were removed) into an encrypted, password protected archive (so the user would not have a chance to be infected by accidentally opening the archive), and the archive could be uploaded to some server, where the samples could be distributed to anyone interested in researching. Of course it would be opt-in, so they wouldn't have to if they didn't want etc.
It's sort of like a community honeypot, only instead of automated services, it's real users, clicking on things they shouldn't and getting one infection after another, often viruses and trojans that you don't see turning up in Honeypots.
Just an idea anyway, any thoughts?
So I was thinking, what if there were an automated tool that an infected user would run, that would collect data from the log files, like AdwCleaner, HitmanPro or whatever else, zip those malicious files (before they were removed) into an encrypted, password protected archive (so the user would not have a chance to be infected by accidentally opening the archive), and the archive could be uploaded to some server, where the samples could be distributed to anyone interested in researching. Of course it would be opt-in, so they wouldn't have to if they didn't want etc.
It's sort of like a community honeypot, only instead of automated services, it's real users, clicking on things they shouldn't and getting one infection after another, often viruses and trojans that you don't see turning up in Honeypots.
Just an idea anyway, any thoughts?