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Article #185Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: John Slade
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:18
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:18
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On 8/5/2010 2:33 PM, Wolf K wrote:
> On 05/08/2010 17:23, David H. Lipman wrote:
> [...]
>> 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."
>>
>>
>
>
> Yeah, well,context rules. No matter how carefully people use terminology
> in their professional lives, words will escape into the wild, and then
> all bets are off.
>
> It's context that determines a word's meaning. In every-day usage,
> "anti-virus" has come to mean what "anti-malware" means in a
> professional context. That's just the way it is. The first rule of
> communication is "Adapt to your audience."
>
> cheers,
> wolf k.
I could not have said it better myself.
John
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