frisk@rhi.hi.is (Fridrik Skulason) (12/14/90)
I just came back from the first meeting of virus-experts in Europe, which was held in Hamburg. A formal announcements regarding the results of the meeting will probably be posted here later, but I just wanted to mention a few items. The number of known PC viruses is now almost 350 - and most of the recent additions are from the Soviet Union and Bulgaria. At the current rate, we are seeing on the average more than two new viruses per week - making it somewhat difficult just to keep up. Some of the 50+ new viruses are highly advanced - there is even one which infects .SYS files. I will be busy the next two weeks working on those new viruses, but a new version of F-PROT, capable of detecting and removing the viruses will be made available around the end of the year. The same of course applies to other anti-virus programs - we all need to update our programs. - -frisk