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Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:22:36 -0400
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:18:20 +0200, Michal Zalewski said:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Fergie wrote:A consumer magazine has been condemned for possibly adding to the virus problem by creating a series of "test" viruses just to review anti-virus scanners."It's a bit like Fire Monthly Magazine testing fire stations by lighting umpteen fires around the country and seeing who is the fastest at putting them out." Where's the analogy police when you need them?
And here I thought it was more like Fire Monthly Magazin testing fire stations by taking the crews out to where they train firemen by intentionally setting blazes in specially constructed buildings (lots of concrete that can take repeated fires, etc).... But somehow, that doesn't make as good a headline....
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- Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Dude VanWinkle (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Peter Kosinar (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Nick FitzGerald (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Peter Kosinar (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Fergie (Aug 16)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses security curmudgeon (Aug 17)
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- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Michal Zalewski (Aug 16)