tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post114230849850533359..comments2023-09-01T13:36:59.610+05:30Comments on Tester Tested !: Hiring Virus for Testing !Pradeep Soundararajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-22287404133685018462010-09-22T14:35:05.769+05:302010-09-22T14:35:05.769+05:30Exploiting Viruses for Testing Online Web Applicat...Exploiting Viruses for Testing Online Web Applications - ( am I the first to think this ?)<br /><br />..Certainly NOT is my answer.Balaji Kothandaramannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1157371028690670272006-09-04T17:27:00.000+05:302006-09-04T17:27:00.000+05:30@JaansI think you are speaking about systems which...@Jaans<BR/>I think you are speaking about systems which are being updated regualrly what about systems which are not being updated.<BR/>Wont it be a better way to have anti virus within our product(securing our products from already existing viruses) than expecting a third party software to do the same and assuming the users of our product to have anti virus updatesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1142933251949849822006-03-21T14:57:00.000+05:302006-03-21T14:57:00.000+05:30Thanks for the comment Jaans ... My objective is t...Thanks for the comment Jaans ...<BR/><BR/> My objective is to use Viruses that kill the applications for 'crash test' of an application or product which could be helpful to find out more bugs , if any.Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1142929917868052422006-03-21T14:01:00.000+05:302006-03-21T14:01:00.000+05:30Gr8 thought. But…Virus files can be of any form. I...Gr8 thought. <BR/>But…<BR/>Virus files can be of any form. It’s up to the virus programmer. McAfee, Symantec… etc, had updated (should have) their packages to handle the latest viruses and protect the applications. They are in a position to groom themselves with the future viruses also. As of now, with the help of anti-virus softwares (which has been updated with latest virus’s patch) we could safe guard our application. In this case, what is the need for running the test with old viruses (when we have the updates in hand for them)? We can only plan for the future viruses, which is not predictable and also worthless running a test in that angle. <BR/><BR/><I>Disclaimer: This is just my thought and need not to be taken serious in some other angle </I> :) <BR/><BR/>-<BR/>{~JL~}Jaanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245594205446201979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21132099.post-1142491868603704732006-03-16T12:21:00.000+05:302006-03-16T12:21:00.000+05:30Nandan, Yes as you say testers should be professio...Nandan,<BR/><BR/> Yes as you say testers should be professional hackers but how about using the existing viruses which does the same job of what test script we are supposed to write for crashing something ?Pradeep Soundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849721523107325938noreply@blogger.com