Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: keithm@ashtate.A-T.COM (Keith Mund) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Trojan Warning: SCANV70 (PC) Message-ID: <0006.9011201348.AA00696@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 19 Nov 90 19:12:13 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 18 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu s37775d@taltta.hut.fi (Pandy (A. Holmberg)) writes: > How can we trust this software in the future. > On the other hand: Which applications can we > *really* trust. > The only thing we can do is hope that the creators Speaking personally as a software author, buy software from the manufacturer or a legitimate dealer. The same fears you have are felt by them manyfold, and great care is taken to insure safe software. Although you threw out names of companies freely, none of them has distributed software with any problems. Why fear a problem that does not exist. Viruses are spread by individuals copying software, not by legitamate manufacturers. Keith Mund These are my editorial remards, not those of my employer.