RE: eWeek: Government-Funded Startup Blasts Rootkits

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

From:                   "Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>
Date sent:              Wed, 26 Apr 2006 14:45:01 -0400

> Something rings a bell about heuristics, but I believe I was a young man
> when Thunderbyte happened. 

Kids.  I'm surrounded by kids.

I recall testing TB's heuristic disinfection one time.  Properly cleaned up two virus 
infected files, so that seemed good.  Unfortunately, they lost a few marks for 
totally destroying two files that never had been infected ...

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