[DECtalk] the grossgang folder on google drive

[mattias jonsson]

Google is google
Google seems to love to threath people
Why not use ms OneDrive?
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I only took down the folder because I got an email from google saying some files I uploaded had viruses but it did not give me any details and it said if I continued to share bad files I may lose access to the service and I can’t lose access because my son uses it for school.





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Subject: Re: [DECtalk] the grossgang folder on google drive



Hi Aksel,



On 11/10/2021 5:11 PM, Aksel Leo Christoffersen wrote:

> Thank you for the information. My point about the files being on the site

> for a long time was, that there's then a good chance that they've been

> tested before hand, or by other people, who has downloaded the files. If

> they discovered a virus or malware, they would have plenty of time to report

> back, so the file could be removed.



I think folks are "less confident" making A V claims as there is so much

variation in what A V products *claim* about a particular file.  If

the A V product that you use says a file is infected, how sure of that

are you?  And, if other folks apply their A V tools to the file and

see a negative result, will they assume their A V product is faulty?

Or, yours?



In either case, what will their attitude towards the file in question be?



So, imagine I tell you that my A V product flags one of the files that

you are hosting as "infected".  You'll likely test it with your A V product.

But, presumably, you'd already done that before posting it!  Will you

now take down the file based on my report?  Or, will you leave it up

on the assumption that my report may have been a false positive?



The best way to deal with "foreign" files is to assume they can

contain malware and treat them accordingly.  I don't run any A V products

on any of my machines because they all come with associated costs/overhead.



But, only this machine is "exposed" so any malware that infects it would

be able to benefit from its internet connection (e.g., to "report home").

The rest of my machines are isolated from the Internet so any malware is

effectively "jailed", once on those.



If I suspect something of containing malware, I access it in a "sandbox" and

observe its actions, there.  If I see it trying to "drop turds" in places

that it shouldn't, I use that as a positive confirmation of "unexpected

behavior" -- even if an A V product claims it is "clean".



Note that a truly stealthy virus could evade initial detection and

still screw me over "down the road".

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