63.Identify the 'uppercase' viruses

One big problem today in this Computer Age is that spyware and virus makers are more cunning than ever. They have employed the trick of small-case L (l) and big-case I to confuse you from identifying the viruses or spywares from the running processes in your system. For example, Isass.exe and lsass.exe. Which of these two is the virus and which is the important security process? If you look closely at the two, the first is the virus. If you change its font to Times New Roman you would notice that it is actually Isass.exe, the virus. Here is another example. Kernel.dlI versus Kernel.dll. It is not very obvious but the first Kernel.dlI is the virus. Change the font to Times New Roman again, and it would show you Kernel.dlI. Clever isn’t it? These spyware and virus makers are now making their creations look like Windows system files, so you should be very careful when you are inspecting the files on your system. You should not assume that what you see is what it is.

To avoid this kind of mistake, I suggest you change your systems font to Times New Roman or Bookman where I and l are very clearly identifiable. It would be less confusing that the Arial font, which was used above to confuse you.

Another great way to help with this kind spyware and virus identification is for you to get a virus scanner or spyware program that you must run once in a while. They can identify these nasty files and delete it.