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elevationtoday at 5:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

Why would a malware scanner read the comments?


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orpheatoday at 5:20 PM

Ignoring comments is not a solution because the texts can be put in random strings among the actual code.

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giantg2today at 5:14 PM

Provides possible clues to the origin and use.

well_ackshuallytoday at 5:33 PM

because not all malware is open source

scanning arbitrary blobs very often entails running `strings` on the binary. Just slap it in there and oop there goes your LLM.