Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!sei.cmu.edu!krvw From: dmg@retina.mitre.org (David Gursky) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Re: Virus trends Message-ID: <0007.9001021304.AA00688@ge.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 26 Dec 89 13:17:52 GMT Sender: Virus Discussion List Lines: 21 Approved: krvw@sei.cmu.edu > To: dmg@retina.mitre.org > Date: Fri, 22 Dec 89 19:13:24 -0500 > From: denbeste@BBN.COM > > One of the best-known and best researched anti-viral programs for the Amiga > is VirusX by Steve Tibbetts. A few months ago a new version of this program > began appearing which was really a trojan. It got rather wide distribution > before anyone noticed that Tibbetts hadn't really written it. Since that > time, Tibbetts no longer publishes his source code when he releases a new > version. > > In other words: The prediction you didn't like was really true; it already > came about! Oops! Minor omission on my part. I neglected to include in my comment about the authors being well known that they should be easily and widely reachable! There is also the underlying presumption in my message that a new release is confirmed from the author before publication of the application