> Hi Rod,
 > rod fewster to Kurt Wismer, 03 Feb 98 09:43.
 >  rf> AVP currently claims "only" 12240 viruses in its database.  Are you
 >  rf> saying Solly's is better because it claims to detect an additional
 >  rf> 4000 viruses ... THEIR OWN "VIRUSES ... the bulk of which Secure
 > Are you seriously claiming that they wrote these viruses just to bulk up
 > their score? *Thousands* of them? Because I'm afraid I don't believe
 > *that*.  :)
Not even slightly.  "Their own viruses" = "viruses in their collection
which they designate as viruses".  Others, including Secure Computing,
may designate what is or is not "a virus" by applying different sets of
parameters.  (Should a tester use a particular "virus" simply because
ONE antivirus company tells him it _is_ "a virus" ?)
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