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echo: virus_info
to: KURT WISMER
from: RICHARD ST. JOHN
date: 1996-12-23 16:27:00
subject: Re: Virus Scaners Compar

-=> My computer told me that Kurt Wismer said to Richard St. John
 KW> is it up to date? does it use a reasonable number of viruses this
 KW> time? last time i read a virus bulletin test (i believe you posted it
 KW> actually) they got close to using about 400 different viruses...
 KW> hardly sufficient when there are over 11,000 known...
There are over 11,000 known virus, however only about 500-600 are in
wide spread population {See the current Wild List} so 400-500 of the
most common is quite sufficient for testing purposes. They update the
comparison every January so it soon will be updated.
RS
--- GEcho 1.20/Pro
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