Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!atari!imagen!sun!newstop!sun-barr!ames!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsj!drv From: drv@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (dennis.r.vogel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Article on Datacrime virus Message-ID: <810@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Date: 22 Sep 89 17:35:14 GMT References: <787@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 46 In article <787@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>, jwi@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Jim Winer @ AT&T, Middletown, NJ) writes: > > If you bothered to check your facts (perhaps by reading comp.virus), > you'd have known that most of the virus detecting and correcting > programs are available free from the Home Base BBS. You'd also have I don't read comp.virus. I wasn't commenting about the state of virus programs in general. I was only responding to the article that was posted that described the virus and then said (in effect) send us $25 for our anti-viral program. My only comment was that there's an easier and cheaper way to detect these timed viruses. I'm glad there are other programs available for free. Since I don't read comp.virus I was not aware of them. > discovered that if youwant somebody to take the time to copy programs > for you, you would generally be expected to pay for their time and > for the media. Further, you'd probably have discovered that there > is at least one company out there who is distributing some of the > free virus software written by one of the "gurus" and charging for > it. I don't know where this came from. I don't recall saying that I expected free software. If people take the time to copy things they should certainly be reimbursed for the time and the media. And I'm not at all surprised that someone is charging for software that is available for free elsewhere. Again, all I wanted to say was that there's an easy way to detect this timed type of virus and that *I* think the vendors of anti-viral programs should make that fact known. *From the article I read here*, I got the impression that one vendor (at least) was implying that you need their $25 program if you wish to detect this virus. Sorry if I offended anyone's sensibilities. > No need to send me anything for this advice -- save it for your dentist This one went by me completely. If it's meant to be humorous, I'll laugh. If it's meant to be wise, I'll remember it. If it's meant to be a dig, I'll ignore it. > Jim Winer Dennis R. Vogel AT&T Bell Laboratories Lincroft, NJ