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Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:28:12 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Anti-virus programs

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In
<20020730194845.MSQC7441.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@mailhost.worldnet.att.net>,
on 07/30/02
at 11:49 AM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>"Download to remove KlezB and KlezH from infected systems and
>re-initialize Norman Anti-Virus if KlezB has disabled it."

Nice of them to provide easy access to this although it probably applies
only the the WinXX versions of the product.

>Not a very good message for Norman. I wonder: (1) if some people did not

Why? Do you think any of the antivirus vendors can predict the future
perfectly? The way it works is someone creates a virus. Someone gets
infects and reports that a new virus exists. The antivirus vendors
respond with updated virus signatures.

The anitvirus programs contain code that attempts to detect "virus-like"
activity. Of course, this is a moving target.

Any virus author worth his/her salt will verify that the existing virus
signatures will not detect his/her creation.

Steven

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