kernelmode.info has closed

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x BlueRobot

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I'm not sure how many people here used the Index page - KernelMode.info forum, but it used to be a very good message board for security and Windows internals information. Unfortunately, the forum has now closed and all existing threads will be archived.

From the owner:

Everything comes to an end and so does this forum. Due to inactivity and lack of interesting new topics, we have decided to close the forum. We've come a long way since we first went online almost 10 years ago.

During this time, we've seen some of the most interesting malware and analyses of them. It was a fun time as you could find new tricks and techniques in countless of malware. But the big time of malware driven technical innovations is over. Nowadays, most of the interesting stuff can be either found in real APTs which are rare or is released by pentesters, red teamers and security researchers.

While this forum was mostly dedicated to malware analysis, we have also seen many interesting coding and reversing related topics. As the name of the forum implied this was a great place to learn kernelmode development and find various related tools.

The forum will be closed at the end of November. However, it won't be taken offline but instead converted into an archive so the information won't be lost. This means you won't be able to login and post anymore. Please make sure you save any PMs you want to rescure. The file attachments will be made public so everybody can download them.

Thanks to everybody who contributed to this forum over the years and good luck for the future!

Best regdards,
R136a1
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Source: Forum closure - KernelMode.info
 
Hmmm, never heard of that site before. I think they did themselves in by limiting their scope. Malware and thus malware removal is just not the problem for most individual and SOHO users like it used to be. The facts are, Windows, starting with W7 and particularly with W10, is just much more secure inherently (compared to XP), anti-malware programs are more effective, and even the normal user is more "security aware" than they used to be.

It is much more difficult for a bad guy to hack themselves into a W10 computer than it used to be. That's why they rely on socially engineered methods of malware distribution - tricking the user into clicking on a malicious (but totally legitimate looking) link to let the bad guy in. But even then, Windows and our security apps are pretty good (if kept updated) at stopping and thwarting those attacks before any payload can be delivered.

I know in my own business, years ago, a major percentage of our time was used to clean infected computers. It was good for business but not why I had that business. But we get very few of those types jobs anymore. And that's great, IMO. Maybe not for my business but then as an electronics tech, malware removal was never something I enjoyed anyway!

But still, it is sad to see another quality site close up shop due to inactivity. This is not the first, and surely not the last. :(
 
Digerati said:
The facts are, Windows, starting with W7 and particularly with W10, is just much more secure inherently (compared to XP), anti-malware programs are more effective, and even the normal user is more "security aware" than they used to be.
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Certainly, part of the reason, why I always highly encourage users to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10.

Digerati said:
That's why they rely on socially engineered methods of malware distribution - tricking the user into clicking on a malicious (but totally legitimate looking) link to let the bad guy in.
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Definitely, and it seems that development frameworks as well as general software suites are adding their own measures to help prevent these as well.
 
I've never heard of the site before, either.

But since it said that they were dedicated to malware analysis, I'm not surprised (that I've never heard of them) as I've never gotten into that field. The kiddies used to get infected all the time and I would just reinstall Windows.

I encouraged them to experiment.



They were open for ~10 years and had 12,653 members.

We've been open for 7.75 years and have just under 35,000 members. Sysnative has been fortunate and lucky -- not to mention the caliber of our staff. (I'm sure that the staff at KernelMode.info was very good too).

I wonder why they were a *.info site and not a *.com site.
 

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