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From: JPINSON@uga.cc.uga.edu (Jim Pinson)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Standardized virus signatures
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Date: 22 Feb 91 17:12:14 GMT
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I have been evaluating several of the virus-scan programs and have
noticed that several of them use (or can use) an external text file
containing virus "signatures".  This seems a very useful feature since
signatures can be posted on lists such as this.  There does not seem
to be a standard format for these files.  Is there any reason a
standard format could not be developed?  It would simplify the virus
posting process.

Jim Pinson   University of Georgia