Re: Consumer Reports Slammed for Creating 'Test' Viruses

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:06:25 EDT, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
> >  
> > 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...
>
> So you're an A/V package author/developer.  How do you test your software's
> ability to deal with variant versions of stuff before you put out a pattern
> for it?
 
"Test your software"? What is this new idea, "test your software"? And why 
do you think it might catch on?

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