RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

[Peter Kosinar <goober () nuf ksp sk>]

> > If they don't then they have a credibility problem. Sometimes testing
> > outfits will cry "work product!" or something like that, and I suppose
> > you don't want to make such files generally available for download. But
> > if the vendor were to ask, under an appropriate non-disclosure, to
> > examine the files I don't think there's any fair reason to deny them.
>
> OK. How about you ask for them, and find someone clueful to examine them.

Suggestion: Clueful and -independent- (in the sense of not being 
affiliated with the tested products).

Peter

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