Re: write viruses? it's controversy time of the month

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 8/30/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:
>
> > On 8/30/06, Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> wrote:
> > > Drsolly wrote:
> > > > Uh - no. That's not being a good guy. Being a good guy, means you deleted
> > > > all copies of the virus.
> > >
> > > Speaking of which, do you want Consumer Reports to delete their 5500
> > > "viruses", or do you want them to submit them to AV to see if they are
> > > really viral?
> >
> >
> > rhetorical question alert!!
> >
> > since most viruses are met with applications that analyze them (99%)
> > the addition of 5.5k would only help the analysis or prove 99% of the
> > company is useless ;-)
>
> Sorry, I don't think I speak the same language you do - could you reword
> that for me, please?


I did an eval of most AV companies for the Campus AntiVirus review. A
lot of them were bragging about their auto analysis software. If a
client picks up a possible "unknown" virus, it is sent to the AV
companies servers for analysis. I was told by Kaspersky that 90 some
odd percent of the files sent are analyzed by a fully automated
process, and the "tricky ones" that the automated process couldnt
handle were analyzed by humans. I just assumed this was industry
standard.

Did I assume wrong?

-JP
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