From: Steve Wray (steve.wrayparadise.net.nz)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 02:35:59 CST

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> From: full-disclosure-adminlists.netsys.com
> On Behalf Of S G Masood
> Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 9:40
> Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Show me the Virrii!
>
> --- Richard Maudsley <r_i_c_hbtopenworld.com> wrote:
...
> > How do big Anti-Virus companies get their hands on
> > new viruses, and how can I?
>
> Various methods. Some of them are:
>
...
> 4. When their heuristic engines pick up new viruses
> automatically, they usually have some kind of an
...

Does anyone have reliable reports of an antivirus system firing
off on a heuristic?

I'm not aware of ever having seen one; always seems to be a
signature.

Thanks!

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