Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?

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From: David H. Lipman
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:25

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From: "John Slade" <hhitman86@pacbell.net>

| On 8/4/2010 1:53 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "John Slade"<hhitman86@pacbell.net>



>>>> The term "malware" is generic.
>>>> The term "virus" is quite specific.



>> |       "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? 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. 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?

>> Sorry John - No.

|      Well it's time you learned.

I've been studying malware since I had to erradicate the "Jerusalem.B" from a Novell 2.11 
network.  That was a true file infecting virus.  I have been at this long enough to say 
emphatically, YOU need to learn otherwise 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 17:25:45 -0400
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