Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober)

Mon Dec 5 04:25:12 UTC 2005

An even more cynical way would be to say that most antivirus  
companies aren't in the business of analyzing viruses - they are in  
the business of selling antivirus software.

I believe that is the fundamental problem.

Jamie

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On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Edward B. Dreger wrote:

>
> SMB> Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:04:52 -0500
> SMB> From: Steven M. Bellovin
>
> SMB> A-V companies are in the business of analyzing viruses.  They  
> should
> SMB> *know* how a particular virus behaves.
>
> The cynical would say they _do_ know, and "accidental" backscatter  
> is a
> way to advertise their products. ;-)
>
>
> Eddy
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