RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 Certainly is my opinion, I can't give anyone else's ;-)

  When is it appropriate to write a new virus that the rest of us get stuck cleaning up?


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: Blue Boar [mailto:BlueBoar () thievco com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:36 PM
To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:
>   I'll repeat, never, EVER is it warrented to create new viruses for any
> reason, period.

That's simply your opinion (and that of most AV companies), and some of 
us don't agree.

                                        BB

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