XPUM04@prime-a.central-services.umist.ac.uk (Anthony Appleyard) (03/07/91)
The new antiviral called Compucilina has caused discussion in these
messages in Virus-L vol4:- ISSUE
[non-sacaning anti-virus techniques] preventing infection (sacan = scan)
I have a program vaccinater called COMPUCILINA 028
info re [Compucilina (PC)] 030
[non-scanin anti-virus techniques] (scanin=scanning) How Compucilina works
is a commercial secret. It does not scan for particular viruses 034
[Re: Compucilina (PC)] will not prevent infection 034
If Compucilina doesn't scan for each known virus, how does it distinguish
between viruses and valid programs? Ref a long discussion on possibility or
impossibility of a 'general virus detector', that took place in Virus-L
vol3. I mistrust 'black boxes', and it seems that how Compucilina works is
a commercial secret. It seems that someone should print out a copy of
Compucilina and go through its code, to find what it does.
{A.Appleyard} (email: APPLEYARD@UK.AC.UMIST), Thu, 07 Mar 91 11:35:56 GMT