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- From: hoey@zogwarg.etl.army.mil (Dan Hoey)
- Newsgroups: comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Virus Programs 4 Sale (Virus, Trojans, etc)
- Message-ID: <1310@zogwarg.etl.army.mil>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:01:08 GMT
- References: <1k2k6pINNdng@digex.digex.com> <1993Jan26.070707.28320@emr1.emr.ca> <6577@balrog.ctron.com> <C1H46E.G2I@moscow.uidaho.edu> <1993Jan27.064241.11819@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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- Supersedes: <1309@zogwarg.etl.army.mil>
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- alby@access.digex.com (Albatross) writes:
- ...
- > VIRUS'es FOR SALE
- >Cost: $20.00 per disk
- >Contents: 10 Viri per disk
- > I will hold NO responsiblity for such actions,
- > if incidents are incurred.
-
- Be sure to mention that to the judge. It always helps to inject some
- lighthearted courtroom humor to set the tone for your sentencing.
-
- smith@ctron.com (Larry Smith) writes:
-
- >On the other hand, the original poster's suggestion that it be used to test
- >virus detection software or procedures is a valid one. It is also easy to
- >imagine someone with a neat new idea for zapping compuviruses and would like
- >a few real-life examples to see if it works before taking it to market. And
- >I'd much rather he test his new software with _known_ viruses, rather than
- >writing some to see if it works, if you take my drift...
-
- It is possible to manufacture files that appear to be infected but are
- not infectious, and programs that appear to act as viruses but do not spread.
- These are quite sufficient to test your software.
-
- On the other hand, testing your virus software by trying to infect
- your disk with real viruses is like testing your vaccination by buying
- a rabid dog to bite you. It is so ridiculous that no one would take
- seriously such a pretext from a mad dog vendor.
-
- dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
- >kramer893@snake.cs.uidaho.edu (Brian Kramer) writes:
-
- >>There is no difference between one piece of software and another if
- >>they are made of the same binary bits.
-
- >Could you explain what you mean by this?
-
- He means the usual thing: ``My contraband is legal because it is made
- of the same stuff as this obviously legal thing.'' Like ``My heroin
- is legal because it's made of the same carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen as
- my petunias'' or ``My atom bomb is legal because it's made of the same
- protons, neutrons, and electrons as my toaster.''
-
- Dan Hoey
- Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
-