"undetectable" malware threats, VM's and polymorphism

[davidh]

I forgot to save the URL's.

But it appears that malware threats are becoming significantly greater. Microsoft and University of Michigan [?] have developed proof-of-concept malware-in-virtual-machines, for BOTH Windows and Linux that apparently could only be detected by special hardware/firmware. And of course polymorphic viruses/spyware can't be detected by "signatures" because the signatures change randomly every time an infection occurs.

David H.

P.S. MS-DOS or OS/2 might not be a bad idea to have on a back-up partition since the popularity of Windows and Linux make them likely targets. Or buy a couple of those $100 MIT diskless computers and just hope that your data on your server or ISP doesn't get trashed when the admins don't keep adequate security on those systems.