From: Jamie C. Pole (no email)
Date: Sun Dec 04 2005 - 23:25:12 EST
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
-- Jamie C. Pole http://www.jcpa.com InfoSec / InfoWar / Forensics 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 > -- > Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ > A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ > Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building > Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national > Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: > -*- -*- > Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. > Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software > backscatter.
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