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Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:21:18 GMT
Well, no -- it's worse than that, IMO. I don't cater to "slicky" testing, and that is apparently what these guys did -- fudge everything. And accomplish nothing, really. I thiknk we agree (?). :-) - ferg -- Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf () dione ids pl> wrote: On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Fergie wrote:
A consumer magazine has been condemned for possibly adding to the virus problem by creating a series of "test" viruses just to review anti-virus scanners.
"It's a bit like Fire Monthly Magazine testing fire stations by lighting umpteen fires around the country and seeing who is the fastest at putting them out." Where's the analogy police when you need them? /mz -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Dude VanWinkle (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Peter Kosinar (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Nick FitzGerald (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Peter Kosinar (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses security curmudgeon (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Dude VanWinkle (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Larry Seltzer (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses David Harley (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)