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Article #163Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: David H. Lipman
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:23
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:23
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From: "John Slade" <hhitman86@pacbell.net> | On 8/4/2010 2:40 PM, FromTheRafters wrote: >> "John Slade"<hhitman86@pacbell.net> wrote in message >> news:G1j6o.53362$dx7.3611@newsfe21.iad... >> [...] >>> "Virus" is both a generic term and a specific term. >>> Why do you think they call the software used to clean >>> trojans and worms, "Anti-Virus" software? >> Generally, they call it antimalware unless it is also effective against >> viruses and worms (which are self-replicators). If it is effective >> against viruses, they call it an antivirus. Antivirus programs can also >> detect some non-replicating malware. | They call it that because it's quite common to refer to | all malware as viurses. Been this way for decades. >>> I'm sure you don't think that they only clean viruses >>> and leave trojans and worms alone. It's all a matter >>> of semantics. >> Of course it is, but semantics shouldn't be a dismissive word. The >> meanings of words are *important* to effective communications. | It's all a matter of who you're talking to. If the person | wants to nitpick even though they know what a person means then | what can you do but explain. I've worked for people who are very | computer savvy and people who are new to computers. I use all | the terms to describe the problem and rarely hear anyone nitpick | about using the word "virus" to describe a trojan or worm. It's | just acceptable. >>> Just about all of the major anti-malware vendors have >>> products that they call Anti-Virus. This is because it just >>> stuck. You're a professional and you don't know this? >> We all know this, and we don't like it one bit. The fact remains that >> viruses are a special case requiring more than what many antimalware >> applications are equipped to handle. | It seems to anger you on some level. I don't care in | the least what they call it, as long as it does the job. I'm sorry, just because the "average" person calls all malware a "virus" does not make it correct and if you insist on following this train of thought, please do NOT call yourself a "professional." -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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From: "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus,alt.comp.anti-virus,microsoft.public.security.virus,ba.internet
Subject: Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:23:06 -0400
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