full-disclosure - Show me the Virrii!

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From: steve.wray at paradise.net.nz (Steve Wray)
Subject: Show me the Virrii!

> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com 
> On Behalf Of S G Masood
> Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 9:40
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Show me the Virrii!
> 
> --- Richard Maudsley <r_i_c_h@...penworld.com> wrote:
...
> > How do big Anti-Virus companies get their hands on
> > new viruses, and how can I?
> 
> Various methods. Some of them are:
> 
...
> 4. When their heuristic engines pick up new viruses
> automatically, they usually have some kind of an
...

Does anyone have reliable reports of an antivirus system firing 
off on a heuristic?

I'm not aware of ever having seen one; always seems to be a
signature.

Thanks!