full-disclosure - Show me the Virrii!

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From: nick at virus-l.demon.co.uk (Nick FitzGerald)
Subject: Show me the Virrii!

Richard Maudsley <r_i_c_h@...penworld.com> wrote:

> Sorry to bother you again,

That's OK -- you are a beginner in this area and clearly lacking 15+ 
years of historical knowledge so I expect you'll have _many more_ such 
questions if you decide to continue persuing this endeavour...

> I've just read ( http://www.check-mark.com/checkmark/cm_av1.html ) that for 
> LMS to be considered "real" protection, it must be able to detect (and deal 
> with) all viruses on the following list:
> http://www.wildlist.org/WildList/Real-Time.htm

Yep -- that is a "standard" certification criterion in most, if not 
all, widely recognized virus detection tests and the like.

> I couldn't find a sample area on eciar.com, I did find a membership area 
> for ?30.

Correct.

The person who replied earlier saying that you could join EICAR and 
then get access to its virus collection was telling porkies (in fact, 
TTBOMK, there is no such thing as an "EICAR virus collection" -- the 
existence of such is not what the organization was formed for or 
relevant to its stated goals and objectives..).

-- 
Nick FitzGerald
Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
Ph/FAX: +64 3 3529854