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- From: ygoland@edison.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (The Jester)
- Newsgroups: comp.virus
- Subject: Re: A user's view of IBM's antivirus/2 (OS/2)
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- Date: 18 Dec 92 04:02:53 GMT
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- chess@watson.ibm.com (David M. Chess) writes:
- >That's it exactly. If enough people also want to see an entry in
- >the log for every file that has changed, we'll look into making it
- >an option. My fear is that, even if we say otherwise in big
- >letters, people will assume that if an anti-virus program even
- >mentions a file, that file must have a virus in it! *8)
-
- I understand why you did it, I just don't agree with the result. The
- log file is hidden away in a menu that a casual user will hopefully
- never find. But for people who know the difference between R.A.M. and
- a Ram, I want that information. Thats why I bought Stiller's product.
- I guess the main reason I want the information is because scanners are
- only useful if the virus is already known or a close variant. But
- change detection gives me a shot at protecting myself from the vast
- unknown number of viruses.
-
- Yaron (The Jester) Goland
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