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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Re: Antivirus viruses
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Date: 16 Aug 90 15:52:50 GMT
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erickson@lclark.BITNET writes:
>         Viruses don't have to ask for user permission to infect files.
> Viruses do not spread by beguiling computer users; they simply hide in
> the shadows and slither from disk to disk.  I see no new dangers users
> could find themselves in if antiviruses do in fact make an appearance
> in the computer world.

How about this scenario: a slow fuse/fast cloning virus that pretends
to be an antivirus. It could be quite widespread before the bombs
start going off, and meantime the users are lulled into a false sense
of security. And a real antivirus virus that comes into this pool of
users would be ignored (the "crying wolf" effect).
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