-=> My computer told me that Rick Collins said to Richard St. John
 RC> You're rather quick with that "conclusion".  Suppose a virus called
 RC> V-X is rampant in Ottawa (where I am).  Suppose it is very unusual to
 RC> find it anywhere else in the world.  It is unlikely to be one of the
 RC> 500-600 you're referring to.
 RC> In _my_ case, the testing would be of no use whatsoever.  The very
 RC> best scanner in the test _might not_ detect V-X at all, and therefore
 RC> offer me _no_ protection against a major (in this area) threat.
If they do the testing like they did last year, then they pull all the
virus off the wild list and then throw in quite a few that are not on
the Wild List. The Wild List is gathered from anti-virus experts and
people 'in the know' from around the world as being common in their area
of the world, so the Wild List is not a regionalized listing. Therefore
if V-X is as rampant as you make it sound then it should be in the Wild
List, if not you could E-mail the author of the Wild List and see whom
your 'regional' contact is. Also if it is not then it might not be as
rampant as people think.
Please stop by www.virusbtn.com and download the latest Wild List available.
You could probably write Virus Bulletin and ask if virus V-X is in their
listing or their testing.
Besides, I make no conclusions on the data. I just know it is one of the
more comprehensive anti-virus testing analysis out there that is not run
by an anti-virus company who would sway the data their way. Virus
Bulletin does the testing and reports the numbers as they are. And their
Bulletin is not bad either, expensive, but well worth it.
Later in this packet I will include the most current WildList for people
to look at.
RS
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