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From: attcan!vpk1!john@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: re: Multi-platform virus scanning
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Date: 30 Jul 90 19:51:30 GMT
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Paul,
	Most virus scanning software does simple pattern matching
of an existing 'known-virus' database against any files that you 'scan'.
If you have a list of viruses for the machine in question, it shouldn't
matter what platform you do the actual scan on. I have successfully
used a product called CERTUS in the exact manner that you described in
your letter. I simply defined a database for each platform and then
did the comparisons with the appropriate database based on the software
extension.


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