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I have two questions which the digest has probably dealt with but for
newcomers might be worth responding to again:

1.  Does the Digest provide a way to query the effectiveness of commercial
antivirus programs against known viruses? --e.g., a kind of table with
commercial (or other published programs) across the top and known viruses
down the side and an X at the intersection if the program handles it.  This
would be a real service.

2.  Does this Digest have a formal feedback mechanism to commercial and other
antivirus program developers, so that they get a sense of what needs to be
done and pronto?  Or do we know that they are all members of the listserv and
we leave it at that, depending on laissez-faire economics?

As a new reader I appreciate the service and the effort that goes into it.

Peter Graham
Associate Vice President for Information Services
Rutgers University / New Jersey

[Ed. To answer 1., there have been various informal product reviews
sent in to the VIRUS-L digest by various readers (perhaps someone out
there has put them together in one doc?) as well as pointers to other
reviews (e.g., PC Mag).

The digest does not offer a formal feedback mechanism.  However,
numerous shareware and commercial anti-virus product vendors to
monitor and (in some cases) contribute to the digest.  Feedback sent
to the digest does reach them.]