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Article #220Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
From: John Slade
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:40
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:40
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On 8/4/2010 1:53 PM, David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "John Slade"<hhitman86@pacbell.net>
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>>> The term "malware" is generic.
>>> The term "virus" is quite specific.
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> | "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.
John
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