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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... 2005-09-05
Anonymous
The explanation is very simple:

It's a bug, as everyone else said, and they do not want to admit it.

The "do not want to admit" part is very important. Although it looks like the usual denial, what is probably happening is that a legacy interface (used by regedit and others) has a limitation whi...

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