Can DLL's be malicious? CDev 12/4/2008 3:03:01 PM I'm looking at purchasing a royalty-free license to a DLL and include it in my commercial application. I'm concerned about including a third-party component in my app. Can DLL's be malicious?

Re: Can DLL's be malicious? Stefan Hoffmann <ste5an[ at ]ste5an.de> 12/4/2008 4:24:48 PM hi, CDev wrote: [Quoted Text] > Can DLL's be malicious? Yes, as they carry code which will be executed by your application... mfG --> stefan <--

Re: Can DLL's be malicious? CDev 12/4/2008 4:48:01 PM Thanks, Stefan. Can they be scanned or checked out in some way?

Re: Can DLL's be malicious? Stefan Hoffmann <ste5an[ at ]ste5an.de> 12/4/2008 5:22:39 PM hi, CDev wrote: [Quoted Text] > Can they be scanned or checked out in some way? A good AV will detected malicious code, but this is not 100% secure. You need to trust the origin of that Dll. Or if the project is it worth, than you can send files to most of the large AV makers as they offer a deeper analysis of files. mfG --> stefan <--