Copy .exe to Explorer.exe!

Posted by Phillip on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Phillip
Published on 2010-03-11T04:48:50Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 4:56 UTC
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What would happen if an ordinary .exe file is copied to explorer.exe? Will it be automatically running as long as explorer.exe is running? This seems like a major security whole...is it even possible? Does anti-virus protect against that sort of thing?

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Copy .exe to Explorer.exe!

Posted by Phillip on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Phillip
Published on 2010-03-11T04:43:49Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 4:55 UTC
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What would happen if an ordinary .exe file is copied to explorer.exe? Will it be automatically running as long as explorer.exe is running? This seems like a major security whole...is it even possible? Does anti-virus protect against that sort of thing?

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