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to: PAUL WALKER
from: ROD FEWSTER
date: 1998-01-17 09:00:00
subject: Best Antiviral Program

 >>> 2) Which heuristically tags the most new/unknown viruses most
 >  rf> AVP
 > I actually found it missed some of the ones I gave it, but... what
 > I would like to know is, if AVP is so good, why
Which other scanner(s) detected these missed viruses ?
AVP rejects a lot of crap which other scanners tag as live viruses.
Are you 100% certain they ARE viruses ?)
Why don't you send them to AVP for inclusion in the next update ?
Nothing will detect 100% of all viruses 100% of the time (within the
accepted parameter of "detection before infection"), but AVP is the
clear winner in Secure Computing's January 1998 full-house scanner
comparison, detecting 96% of the 10000+ _verified alive and kicking_
viruses used in the test.
#2 was Dr Solomon's at 94% ... which means it missed over 200 viruses.
Does "200 misses" mean you reject Solly's out-of-hand ?  :)
 > are you still doing ThunderBYTE? 
Why not ?
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