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to: RICHARD ST. JOHN
from: KURT WISMER
date: 1996-12-27 13:31:00
subject: Re: Virus Scaners Compar

 -=> Mocking Richard to Kurt <=-
  (Mock, mOck, moCk, mocK)
 RSJ> There are over 11,000 known virus, however only about 500-600 are in
 RSJ> wide spread population {See the current Wild List} so 400-500 of the
 RSJ> most common is quite sufficient for testing purposes.
false... 400-500 is sufficient for an "in the wild" test only, the
viruses in the wild are not representative of the whole set or of the
actual protection a scanner can offer and virus bulletin's "in the wild"
test bed had only 97 viruses in it... and it tested only file
infectors... we all know boot infectors are more prevailent in the wild
than file infectors...
 RSJ> They update the
 RSJ> comparison every January so it soon will be updated.
i don't expect to see a huge improvement...
... quantum chromodynamics - the RGB nature of the universe...
                   
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