Chapter 8. Advanced Walkthrough
Introduction
So now you’ve read the book, and should be able to do some of this on your own. In this chapter, we’re going to look at a real piece of hostile code. The hostile code we’re going to use is real; this means that you should be especially careful when dealing with it yourself because you could possibly do serious harm to your computer and your network. Please be positive you are authorized to analyze the application in your environment. I highly suggest the use of some form of virtualization software, such as VMware. One thing I especially like about VMware is the ability to take snapshots, which allows me to get to specified points and make a restore point. This ...
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