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by higherkinded 2523 days ago
So the approach described essentially defeats the purpose of antivirus software as it's known. Malware so happens to be (usually) embedded in the legit software. If that real-world fact is the way to defeat their model, is it of any use? You get the binary off the spoofed page, boom, you're pwned instantly and that piece of software is totally worthless at its primary goal despite being advertised as a killer product.