There are some reliable independent reports. On of the is:
http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2002/abstracts/retrospective_testing.xml
the other are the Heureka test performed by VTC Hamburg.
http://agn-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vtc/naveng.htm
Not always signature, not completely useless.
Regards,
Gabor Szappanos
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Wray [mailto:steve.wray_at_paradise.net.nz]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:36 AM
To: full-disclosure_at_lists.netsys.com
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Show me the Virrii!
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> On Behalf Of S G Masood
> Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 9:40
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Show me the Virrii!
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> --- Richard Maudsley <r_i_c_h_at_btopenworld.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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