[comp.virus] Virus Bulletin the blurb

davidf@CS.HW.AC.UK (David.J.Ferbrache) (06/29/89)

For those of you who expressed interest in the Virus Bulletin,
here are the details:

Published by Virus Bulletin Ltd, Haddenham, Aylesbury HP 17 8JD,
             England.
             Tel +44 844 290396
             Fax +44 844 291409

There is also a US contact address via Mrs June Jordan, +1 203 431 8720.

The bulletin is published monthly at a cost of 195 pounds (350 dollars)
for 12 editions. The first edition is due out on Monday 3rd July.

Virus bulletin describes its contents as:
Case studies, IBM PC/XT/AT virus listing and patterns for each known virus,
Mac virus listing and patterns for known viruses, Virus dissection in
detail of one virus each month, product evaluations, conference reports,
forthcoming events and world news.

Contributors are Joe Hirst (technical editor from British Computer
virus research centre), David Ferbrache (ahem?), Dr Bertil Fortie,
David Frost (no the one from Price Waterhouse), Hans Gliss, Ross
Greenberg, Dr Jan Hruska, Dr Keith Jackson, Martin Smociuk, John
Sherwood, Roger Usher and Dr Ken Wong. Most of the contributors are
involved in UK computer security concerns.

The bulletin also claims a 24 hour virus helpline service and a virus
analysis service.

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nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) (07/21/89)

In article <0005.w8906292218.AA13144@ge.sei.cmu.edu>, davidf@CS (David.J.Ferbra
che) writes:
>For those of you who expressed interest in the Virus Bulletin,
>here are the details:
>
>Published by Virus Bulletin Ltd, Haddenham, Aylesbury HP 17 8JD,
>             England.
>             Tel +44 844 290396
>             Fax +44 844 291409
>
>There is also a US contact address via Mrs June Jordan, +1 203 431 8720.
>
>The bulletin is published monthly at a cost of 195 pounds (350 dollars)
						^^^^^^^^^^
>for 12 editions.

Eeeek! What on earth could cause it to be that expensive? Is each
edition the size of a telephone book, or something?

>Dave Ferbrache                            Internet   <davidf@cs.hw.ac.uk>

		Nick.
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Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
		nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk    <Atlantic Ocean>!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!nick
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