Hostile Scripting?

[iago]

But lots of programs access the registry fine, though.  Where exactly are you making the change?  In your own key, or in a system key?

After i posted that comment i stopped and thought that aswell , how do scanners define "valid" registry entries and "malicious" registry entries , does it work by comparing if the value of the key that is trying to get inserted is malicious in some way?

No, IIRC, any Script object that attempts to access a Registry object through WSH is flagges as potentially malicious.

So can't he do that without it?

[MyndFyre]

But lots of programs access the registry fine, though.  Where exactly are you making the change?  In your own key, or in a system key?

After i posted that comment i stopped and thought that aswell , how do scanners define "valid" registry entries and "malicious" registry entries , does it work by comparing if the value of the key that is trying to get inserted is malicious in some way?

No, IIRC, any Script object that attempts to access a Registry object through WSH is flagges as potentially malicious.

So can't he do that without it?

You could probably create a COM component or provide a function in the script host (I'm not sure how VBA works, but the VSA "Visual Studio for Applications" spec for .NET *claims* to let you provide your own objects as globals to the script) that would do the same thing -- but as compiled code it would be trusted.  I imagine WSH registry functions are hooked by the virus software.

[Networks]

Tell him to delete McAfee and get a real scanner :/

Negative, Mcafee is awsome. Updates by itself and removed a trojan I had in 5 minutes of scanning. Probably the best I've seen when you get trojanned.

Mcafee > Norton

[MyndFyre]

Tell him to delete McAfee and get a real scanner :/

Negative, Mcafee is awsome. Updates by itself and removed a trojan I had in 5 minutes of scanning. Probably the best I've seen when you get trojanned.

Mcafee > Norton

Yeah -- if you like your computer to become insanely unstable and slow.

Norton > McAfee.  

[edit] I formed this opinion after using Norton Internet Security 2003, then McAfee Internet Security 2003.  MIS caused my computer to crash many a time.

[iago]

Tell him to delete McAfee and get a real scanner :/

Negative, Mcafee is awsome. Updates by itself and removed a trojan I had in 5 minutes of scanning. Probably the best I've seen when you get trojanned.

Mcafee > Norton

So you got a trojan while using Mcafee, and you still think it's good?  I'm confused, isn't it supposed to PREVENT viruses?

[Dyndrilliac]

Tell him to delete McAfee and get a real scanner :/

Negative, Mcafee is awsome. Updates by itself and removed a trojan I had in 5 minutes of scanning. Probably the best I've seen when you get trojanned.

Mcafee > Norton

Yeah -- if you like your computer to become insanely unstable and slow.

Norton > McAfee.  

[edit] I formed this opinion after using Norton Internet Security 2003, then McAfee Internet Security 2003.  MIS caused my computer to crash many a time.

I have to agree. I tried using Mcaffee AV in place of Norton for a while but it didn't work out well at all.... I don't know what was wrong but when I installed Mcaffee(Legit Version) on my Windows XP Pro machine the bootup time went from ~40 seconds to 10 minutes O.o". Insane how badly my computer performed while running Mcaffee.  I tried several more installs and different bootup methods and even removing items from my startup registry(the Run key), yet my final solution was to simple uninstall and take it back to the store.