Comments on: The Lessons of a ‘Love Bug’ Still Ring True http://blog.webroot.com/2010/05/04/the-lessons-of-a-love-bug-still-ring-true/ WEBROOT - INSIGHTS INTO THREATS AND TRENDS FROM OUR INTERNET SECURITY EXPERTS Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: LindseyK http://blog.webroot.com/2010/05/04/the-lessons-of-a-love-bug-still-ring-true/#comment-923 Sat, 15 May 2010 11:28:11 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2599#comment-923 Mr. Moyse’s points are spot-on here–SaaS and cloud services, particularly security, are coming, and I think it’s about time we embrace it. One provider I work with for, [company name removed by editor], is already an expert in security systems, and had the bright idea to start providing its whole line, in addition to physical products, as SaaS and cloud services. As a market analyst, I believe this is the current direction of enterprise computing, and the sooner we accept it, the better for us and for the fast development of secure cloud services. Oh yes, and I forgot to mention I’m the worst sockpuppet ever.

]]> By: Andrew Brandt http://blog.webroot.com/2010/05/04/the-lessons-of-a-love-bug-still-ring-true/#comment-913 Sat, 08 May 2010 15:22:41 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2599#comment-913 No, the file kernel32.dll is not malicious, but the msKernel32.vbs entry in the registry (shown above) is the Loveletter malware. Kernel32.dll is part of the Windows operating system. You can right click the file and check its digital signature if you’re not sure.

]]> By: hawkeyefan http://blog.webroot.com/2010/05/04/the-lessons-of-a-love-bug-still-ring-true/#comment-905 Sat, 08 May 2010 04:08:24 +0000 http://blog.webroot.com/?p=2599#comment-905 Just read The Lessons of a ‘Love Bug’ Still Ring True, By Ian Moyse.

In your example copy & paste, you highlighted “Kernel32″ Is this a worm or virus?? I did a search & have a ton of items with this name. Some are photos, some program files/wild tangent/components, and some say Kernel32.dll.

Now I’m worried.

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