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echo: virus_info
to: STEVE BENNETT
from: KURT WISMER
date: 1997-05-09 10:38:00
subject: Re: Hoax virus warnings,

 -=> Mocking Steve Bennett to Kurt Wismer <=-
   
 KW> X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
 SB> Interesting...because the last time I think I saw a tagline like this
 SB> it was replaced with the line "EICAR VIRUS REMOVED" or something.
odd...
 SB> What *is* this EICAR virus anyway?
there is no eicar virus... this is a test file... it's purpose is to
help users test to see whether their scanners/av products are installed
correctly...
eicar would never write a virus for those purposes...
... i thought it was the metal bars that separated us from the animals...
--- Maximus 2.02
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