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Tracker and DelProtect: useful in the fight against SevenDust/666

Tracker and DelProtect: useful in the fight against SevenDust/666

CNET staff
Another follow-up on the SevenDust/666 virus issue covered here recently:

The latest versions of Tracker and DelProtect should successfully block an infection - as long as they load before any latest viral extensions. "Tracker will prevent the virus from either infecting the System or creating an infected extension. If an infected application is run on a system protected with Tracker, the viral extension will be created, but the INIT will fail to be inserted in it, as such, the extension will end up empty and benign. It will also block the virus from attacking applications in the same directory as an infected application. If the virus attacks an uninfected application, the menus may look garbled, but the application will actually not be damaged. The garbled menus are a result of the virus not being able to encrypt the menu properly (since Tracker will block the alteration)