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- From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Newsgroups: comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Virus Programs 4 Sale (Virus, Trojans, etc)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.214320.7083@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:43:20 GMT
- References: <1k2k6pINNdng@digex.digex.com>
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Organization: University of Arizona
- Lines: 19
- In-Reply-To: alby@access.digex.com (Albatross)
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- In article <1k2k6pINNdng@digex.digex.com>, alby@access (Albatross) writes:
- > Well now you can play with some of the most ruthless & destructive
- >virus'es known to man. See if the Dark Avenger virus really can be detected
- >by these money hungry anti-virus software companies, or if you dollars are
- >paying off.
-
- Is it just me, or is this not a smart thing to do?
-
- IMHO, the best thing to do with a virus is destroy every copy you come across.
- Claiming you "want to see if the virus protection program works" is foolish.
- What happens if it doesn't? Suddenly, you've contaiminated your system with
- a virus you have no protection against!
-
- If you want a good virus protection program, I think you would be far better
- off simply asking for recommendations from the appropriate machine-specific
- group.
-
- --
- Hey, everybody -- somebody said `mattress' to Mr. Lambert! TWICE!
-