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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
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Subject: Re: F-PROT & FluShot+ (1.81) problems 3 . . . (PC)
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Date: 14 May 91 19:09:55 GMT
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I wrote:
>*So - with the current generation of scanners, this problem cannot be
>*avoided.

umbc3!umbc3.umbc.edu!cs106132@uunet.UU.NET (cs106132) replied:

>	Not at all.  I have seen at least one beta-test version of a
>new product that does not suffer from the mentioned problems.

Please read wnat I wrote - "current generation of scanners".  It is
possible to write anti-virus procucts which can handle some of the
"unsolved" problems of today, such as...

	...stopping interrupt "stripping" viruses.

	...stopping viruses which jump directly into ROM.

	...detecting all "stealth" viruses, even if they are active
	   (the problem i refered to).

and so on.  The point is that such software does not exist today, but
many anti-virus companies are working on this - and we can expect
those features soon.

However, those products are the "next generation" of anti-virus
software.

- -frisk