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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:16:52 PST7
From:	jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Anti-virus programs

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In , on 07/30/2002
at 12:28 PM, "Steven Levine" said:

>In
><20020730194845.MSQC7441.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@mailhost.worldnet.att.net>,
>on 07/30/02
> at 11:49 AM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>>"Download to remove KlezB and KlezH from infected systems and
>>re-initialize Norman Anti-Virus if KlezB has disabled it."

>Nice of them to provide easy access to this although it probably applies
>only the the WinXX versions of the product.

He partially quoted my previous message:

>>Not a very good message for Norman. I wonder: (1) if some people did
>>not download virus updates every day or (2) if Norman didn't handle
>>these viruses or didn't provide downloads providing protection from them
>>soon enough.

And then said:

>Why? Do you think any of the antivirus vendors can predict the future
>perfectly? The way it works is someone creates a virus. Someone gets
>infects and reports that a new virus exists. The antivirus vendors
>respond with updated virus signatures.

I never really thought about the whole anti-virus business. What you
describe is another point in favor of your backup mantra with the
additional implication that the backup should be on removable media.

>The anitvirus programs contain code that attempts to detect "virus-like"
>activity. Of course, this is a moving target.

>Any virus author worth his/her salt will verify that the existing virus
>signatures will not detect his/her creation.

Is the disabling of a search engine by a new virus something that has
happened to other anti-virus software?

>Steven

Jack

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