RE: [Full-Disclosure] Show me the Virrii!

From: Bojan Zdrnja (Bojan.Zdrnja_at_LSS.hr)
Date: 01/05/04

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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:34:59 +1300

     

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    > Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
    > Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 4:58 p.m.
    > To: Harry Hoffman
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    > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Show me the Virrii!
    >
    > > Not to protect against known virii would be negligent and lazy which is
    why most
    > > modern OS's provide these "fixes" as patches to eventually become part
    of the
    > > main OS.
    >
    > My point was that if the goal is to provide actual protection for the end
    user
    > rather than something that looks good next to a ruler, you quickly reach a
    > point of diminishing returns in trying to include more signatures. At
    some

    That's why people "invented" in-the-wild list (although it's not 100%
    correct always and lagging).
    Detection of zoo collections in most cases will get you only better
    marketing (our product detects 123240294 viruses).

    Cheers,

    Bojan

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