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From: T530083@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU (Dmitri Schoeman)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Outsmarting checksums
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Date: 24 Jul 90 14:16:07 GMT
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If the anti virus programs would first perform a checksum, then
couldn't a virus "outsmart" that program by just changing one (non
executiong) byte in it's source?

- -----Dmitri Schoeman