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Question about Viruses


From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 11:11:01 -0400

Has anyone heard of a virus masquerading as another virus in order to
avoid detection.

Well you wouldnt be avoiding detection per se, just avoiding correct
identification.

How hard would it be to throw a signature for, let say
troj_stargpag.qy in your app that was really a (insert favorite/least
favorite virus here)

-JP
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