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Hidden-code flaw in Windows renews worries over stealthly malware
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-08-31

A flaw in the way that several security programs and systems utilities detect system changes could allow spyware to spread surreptitiously and have renewed worries about stealthier attack code.

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Re: Please explain... 2005-08-31
Anonymous
My interpretation was that these programs are using standard windows APIs to detect what is going in/out of the Windows registry, and that the problem lies with how a certain API might deal with long strings in the registry. If that's true, then Microsoft can fix the underlying issue, and it will b...

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