On 12 Nov at 21:06, Anthony Macri of 3:634/382 wrote to All:
AM> Hey To All! :)
AM> Well...yeah...
AM> All this virus bussiness got me thinking.....
AM> The people that make VET / McAcfee / TBAVS / Etc.,
AM> They must ALL Compete againts each other to see who is best...and there 
is 
AM> no doubt in my mind that they MUST have people that make virus's for 
AM> THEM...
Why ?? The virus writers (Vx) are making more than enough viruses to keep 
them (AV) employed for ever ! 
They are flat-strap just trying to keep up. 
Why would they need to create more ??
All they would do is to increase their own workload unnecassarily for little 
or no gain.
AM> Because if they make one...they already know how to disinfect 
them...which 
AM> means that their opposition will have to find out how to disarm the 
AM> virus....That's what I think they do...
Nah. Not worth it. The penalties if caught would be the total destruction of 
ones own AV business. Their name would be mud, and worse ! The resulting 
litigation would complete the utter destruction.
AM> Then to make them selves a little publicity...they just spread their 
virus 
AM> here and there and then after it has gone round a bit...they then release 
AM> the shareware version telling you that they are the ONLY and the BEST! :)
AM> What do you think?! :)
I think you aren't thinking this through fully. Look further ahead to the 
ramifications.
There is 10-20 viruses produced eachweek. At least. Each one needs to be 
pulled apart and analysed by the AV companies. This takes time and effort by 
people who know exactly what they are doing. Believe me, it takes a =lot= of 
effort to decode a virus - especially with some of the tricks put in by the 
virus writers.
Why make it impossible to keep up ? There is =tons= of work without making it 
necassary to work huge long hours.
The Vx crowd is keeping the AV crowd in business despite their hatred of 
em.
You could look at it as a sybiotic relationship.
But for =any= AV company to employ a virus writer to write viruses, or to 
write them themselves, is absurd.
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@bbs.st.net.au
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