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From: dmg@lid.mitre.org (David Gursky)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: VIRUSCAN test (IBM PC)
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Date: 25 Oct 89 03:28:15 GMT
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In VIRUS-L Digest V2 #221, Charles Preston wrote a rather long message
about virus scanners vs. more automated virus detection applications.
I would like to point out to him that although there are some
excellent scanning applications on the market, for Macs, PCs, etc., I
prefer recommending that users do not rely on scanners simply because
you must remember to periodically scan the disk.  My experience has
been that users simple do not remember to do this, hence a strategy
that relied solely on a scanner application would not be a strong
defense against electronic vandalism.

David Gursky
Member of the Technical Staff
Special Projects Department, W-143
The MITRE Corporation