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From: RREINER@YORKVM1.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Increasing rate of virus appearances
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Date: 5 Oct 89 00:39:29 GMT
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It is my impression, judging primarily from reports on VALERT-L, that
the rate at which new viruses are appearing has accelerated
substantially in recent weeks.  There was previously what seemed a
stable rate of one new virus every few weeks; this seems now to have
become one new virus every few days.  Has anyone been keeping more
careful records?  What is the rate of increase of the rate of
increase?

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