Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!cert.sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: Guillory@farwest.FidoNet.Org Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: VSUM Format (PC) Message-ID: <0005.9105281329.AA07374@ubu.cert.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 23 May 91 13:23:37 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 17 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu kuhnle@ait.physik.uni-tuebingen.de (Volkmar Kuhnle) writes: >But over the months al lot of new viruses (and strains of existing ones) >have been uncovered, so that VIRUSSUM.DOC grew in size. Since the >current version is about more than 500 K in length, is is getting >harder and harder to find informations about a special virus in >a file of this size, since I have to use a normal editor. > >I came to the conclusion that an ASCII file is not appropriate for the >distribution of so much data. Therefore I would suggest to supply >future versions as DBF files (dbase format). Other people may have beaten this to death but I propose that Patricia Hoffman change her VIRUSSUM.DOC to something similar to PC Virus Index (PCVI305.zip) by Dan McCool and Brian Clough. This file comes with an executable portion and separate datafiles for each virus. This is a well written program that is easy to use.