Quite right, however backdoors are not the usual attack vector for viruses and malware. The attack is tricking users into executing something they shouldn't.
On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:23:56 -0400
"William McLaughlin via groups.io" <indispensibill@...> wrote:
As I understand it, back doors were (and presumably, still are) created by
programmers as a convenience. They use them because it's quicker for
getting into a system than going through the login procedure and all the
other entries necessary for gaining access to the code when they want to
fix bugs, make modifications, etc. As I said, they're just a convenience
but they have to be kept secret so hackers can't use them to gain access
(as they undoubtedly have at times).
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-Jim
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Jim Shorney