Alan_J_Roberts@Sun.COM (07/16/89)
The following message is forwarded from John McAfee:
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I would like to thank the Virus-L subscribers for their response
to the VIRUSCAN program. I have just released the production version
which fixed a few bugs found in the earlier versions and includes all
the viruses I know about. I would hope that those of you with large
virus collections would check it against the virus versions that you
have collected. We have received no reports of false positive
identifications as yet, but it is certainly possible that new
variations of existing viruses will slip by. I have collected only
one version each of the 3066 (Traceback) and the FuManchu for example,
and I don't have a good feel for the types of variations that might
appear with these viruses. The tests for these viruses may therefore
be weak. Also, the test for the Icelandic virus was developed and
implemented by Frank Nalls, who reports that it works fine. Since I
do not yet have a copy of the Icelandic, I can only take his report on
faith. I would be interested in anyone else's experience with
VIRUSCAN's ability to identify the Icelandic.
Again, thank you all for your support and voluminous feedback.
John McAfee
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