Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Parting Thoughts

Now that we've seen some resources you can use to help keep up with the malware threat, let's turn our attention to a big-picture view of malware. After I wrote each chapter of this book, I calmly pondered the overall implications of each type of malware, peacefully jotting down a few notes about the techniques we've discussed. Augmenting this tranquil approach to pondering malware, I also contemplate the evolving nature of the malware threat when I'm under fire, responding to computer attacks in real time. As I wrote this book, when one of my clients', friends', or my own machine got hacked, I would often frantically jot down acerbic notes in the heat of the moment about the nature of malware.

To compose these parting thoughts, ...