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RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:12:23 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote: : None of their new viruses got out AFAIK, but it happens under the most : controlled circumstances. In my eyes there is never a need to create : new viruses for testing purposes... If the goal of the test is to determine which scanner can detect previously 'unknown' or undocumented viruses, then there would be a need to create some. If a testing lab can create 5500 unique viruses that fast and that easily, then I would imagine a lot of other people could, including the bad guys. While most (all?) of them would be variations on existing viruses, it would be nice to know that the AV scanners are smart enough to detect them. Without such a test, hard to know that. The obvious reply to this being "let the AV vendors do that, they are the experts!" Yes, the experts who won't standardize on naming and who's entire business model relies on them detecting the most the best. =) _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- 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)
- 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)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Dude VanWinkle (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Larry Seltzer (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses David Harley (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Drsolly (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blue Boar (Aug 17)
- RE: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses Blanchard_Michael (Aug 17)
- Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses der Mouse (Aug 17)