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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: anti-virus assurance
Message-ID: <7064@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 13 Jan 88 05:50:24 GMT
References: <8801120436.aa15889@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8801120436.aa15889@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") writes:
>Users with the appropriate skills & plenty of time to waste can examine the
>program for suspicious looking things.

Except for commercial software, where it is unlikely for a virus or
Trojan horse and where I have obvious legal recourse if one turns up,
I simply don't run any imported binaries.  I insist on source code,
and I check it to make sure I understand it and that there are no
mystery features that might cause problems.  This may seem overkill,
but when there are too many assholes in the world, one has to take
pains to protect oneself and one's property.