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 Y. Radai writes in response to Suzana:

 > But it doesn't *have to* become a bad virus.  And if
 > it does become one, then by most people's definitions it probably
 > wasn't really a good virus to begin with.

I think the dabate concerning "goodness" of viruses, has gone out of
hand here... The question should not be if a virus is good or bad
according to our benefit (or losts) caused by it, but: does it's
behaviour and method of propagation comply with certain rules that
will make it hard to detect/clean/ prevent!

For example we concider a good virus as one that:
  - Does not reveal itself "easally" :-).
  - Uses "different" (unusual) stealth techniques.
  - Uses a special (prferably "new") method of hooking a program
(think about DIR-II). etc...

Most of the terms here can be subject to many intensive
philosophical dicussions.

So to my openion the question shold be: What are the rules ?

Regards

* Amir Netiv, V-CARE Anti-Virus, Head team.

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