[comp.virus] RE - SAM & ANTI

D1660@AppleLink.Apple.COM (SoftPlus, Paul Cozza,PRT) (10/05/90)

"Blade Runner" asks:

>Did SAM 2.0 automatically check for the ANTI virus before (I'm
>assuming there was/is such a virus judging from the message that this
>virus derives from it) or did I miss some new information along the
>way?

All versions of SAM (from 1.0 and on) have detected and repaired the
original ANTI virus. The new strain of ANTI, which many are calling
ANTI B, is not identified BY NAME by SAM 2.0. SAM's suspicious
activity monitor DOES catch this new strains's attempt to spread and
thus keep it from propagating. But to have SAM 2.0 identify ANTI B by
name, the virus definition posted earlier must be added to SAM
Intercept and Virus Clinic.

Paul Cozza