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Viruses, trojans, etc. fixing instead of deleting or stopping install
A thought occurred to me time ago which begged a question. It seems that all anti-virus, anti-trojan. malware programs etc. do is stop something malicious from installing and stuff. But why isn't there software that actually fixes such a malicious thing from happening?
I mean if you download, or try to install something potentially malicious, out pops a window from your anti-virus blocking it/deleting it. Why not just fix the thing so the malicious part is removed and all else works as it should? Is such a thing that difficult to do?
I mean someone wrote the code for software 'A" and someone wrote the code for virus "B" inside 'A'
Can't we simply do (A + its code) - (B + its extra code) = A + its code
Another thing that has bothered me in the past, is that given information on such a thing, either by your software or online sites such as VirusTotal, is limited in actually explaining what the given file will do. What I mean is, Can't it tell you beside what files will be installed and where they are going and a general description tell you something like. "This exe is going to create files A,B.C.D and place them here. Besides this they will create a registry entry written as such xxxxx and placed here. What these will do is File xyz will make a phone call every time you ..... and file abc, in writing bla, bla bla will copy files this and that and then rewrite them as such and then send them to bla, bla bla.
In other words tell me as exactly as possible what it will do, how it will do it, where and when it will do it, and why I won't want this.
To me it's like inviting strangers to your house so to speak; there may be some you won't want to come in, but there may be others you would allow in, even if your neighbors may not like them.