Hi Allie! In message mid:88204631825.20021027164307@;landscreek.net on Sunday, October 27, 2002, 3:43:07 PM, you wrote:
S>> Although AVG catches the eircar.com virus attachment it failed S>> to catch and quarantine any of the others. ACM> <yawn> ;) I really question the applicability of such tests. The ACM> main problem with this test being that real viruses aren't being ACM> used. A properly-implemented AV program *should* consider the EICAR test virus to be a real virus. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of even having a test. -- --Scott. mailto:Wizard@;local.nu Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 on an AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6G real, 1.9G effective) with 512MB. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
