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From: frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason)
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Subject: Re: Virus-writers
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Date: 8 Jun 91 13:21:28 GMT
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padgett%tccslr.dnet@mmc.com (A. Padgett Peterson) writes:
>According to this (PC) week's Spencer Katt column, certain anti-viral
>software houses are boosting their counts by soliciting viruses for
>pay and programmers are taking them up for "big bucks".

If that is true, I and and the Virus Bulletim would very much like to
know which companies are involved - I would do my best to drive them
out of business.....

Actually, this reminds me of a chat I had with Todor Todorov - the
SysOp of the largest Virus BBS - He said he had samples of 70 viruses
not detected by any anti-virus program, and was negotiating with a
certain US-based anti-virus company - offering to sell them (and
nobody else) the viruses....

- -frisk

Fridrik Skulason                 Technical Editor of the Virus Bulletin (UK)
(author of F-PROT)               E-Mail: frisk@rhi.hi.is    Fax: 354-1-28801