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Trash Talk - 594 Viruses

k0zy - Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:18 am
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Found this thread at neowin.com
I thought it's interesting.

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=182983

The author of this thread linked to a zip file which contains 593 viruses.
Now everyone is testing out their AV.

"How good is your antivirus?"

When I scan the file, my McAfee says this file is infected, but I don't know how many viruses were actually found...

What AV do you use, and what does it say?

Bob Dole.. Bob Dole... Bob Dole...... bob dole.... bob... dole....

wEaViL - Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:10 am
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Guess norton is not the "best" lol There where 600 files in the scan....

SuSE - Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:49 am
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alt+prtscrn for the love of gebus

SuSE - Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:14 am
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this test doesn't mean much

It's obvious the archive wasn't assembled by a professional, so each file might contain more than one virus or no virus at all - or non-Windows viruses. Also, without a full list of the viruses it's supposed to contain, we can't know if each AV is doing a perfect job or not, because all AV's do it differently. Just because it says it detected less than expected doesn't mean your computer is at risk - just because it detected more than expected doesn't mean your computer is safe.

Anyways, here's my screenie from my old AV.

McAfee VirusScan v4.5.1 SP1:

Mr Ekted - Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:06 pm
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SuSE wrote:

alt+prtscrn for the love of gebus

Beat me to it.

k0zy - Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:38 pm
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SuSE wrote:

this test doesn't mean much

It's some kind of "geek extreme sports", as some one said at neowin

SuSE - Sun Jun 27, 2004 3:41 pm
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Bob Dole.. Bob Dole... Bob Dole...... bob dole.... bob... dole.... wrote:

[..]It's some kind of "geek extreme sports", as some one said at neowin

...and geeks like stupidity since when?

k0zy - Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:18 pm
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Didn't mean it that way

I guess I'm the only one who is really exited playing around with a zip file containing 594 viruses.

Bob Dole.. Bob Dole... Bob Dole...... bob dole.... bob... dole....

SuSE - Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:40 pm
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heheh

just a zip file until you extract it and start clicking things

EdTheInvincible - Mon Jun 28, 2004 7:05 am
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oww.. AVPersonal only found 587

SuSE - Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:16 pm
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you're not going to find a single AV out there that gets the exact number 594, so don't be sad - this is an extremely unprofessional way of doing it

k0zy - Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:17 pm
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SuSE wrote:

you're not going to find a single AV out there that gets the exact number 594, so don't be sad - this is an extremely unprofessional way of doing it

Agreed.

@ed: That's 98.8%, which is pretty good.

Bob Dole.. Bob Dole... Bob Dole...... bob dole.... bob... dole....

Smong - Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:34 am
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I think virus scanners should use better heuristics, using huge lists of virus 'definitions' is rediculous.
And since when could NAV successly disinfect a file?

SuSE - Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:11 pm
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Smong wrote:

I think virus scanners should use better heuristics, using huge lists of virus 'definitions' is rediculous.

make your own, get rich

Smong wrote:

And since when could NAV successly disinfect a file?

got me - I had to uninstall it TWICE just to turn it off when I tried it
evil, evil program coded by 13-year-olds

Blindmonkey21 - Sun Jul 11, 2004 1:31 am
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I have had my own problems with Antivirus checkers(NAV) so I stopped using them altogether(plz don't send me viruses) I never get any anyway(plz again don't send me any viruses)

SuSE - Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:54 am
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Blindmonkey21 wrote:

I have had my own problems with Antivirus checkers(NAV) so I stopped using them altogether(plz don't send me viruses) I never get any anyway(plz again don't send me any viruses)

this I assure you - you ARE getting viruses

one day your computer is just going to stop working and you'll either have to get a good AntiVirus program and let it spend 4 days straight cleaning your computer or you'll have to just reformat

there are good free AVs - check download.com

Smong - Sun Jul 11, 2004 8:22 am
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One of the easiest ways of getting a virus is to open the email titled 'Postmaster failed delivery - Re: You've won some cash money' from address 'youaresogullible@some.government.url' with an attachment named 'winninglotterynumbers.doc.exe' in outlook express (not that I've done that of course).

Blindmonkey21 - Sun Jul 11, 2004 10:32 am
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my friend picked up an email at the school computers talking about how he has been to a bunch of illegal sites and to open the attachment to view the list. thank god the school has good firewall protection because the virus scan came back saying it was a virus. But I used to (and still do) have Norton Internet Security 2004. I got it for free off Amazon.com with rebates. But it was too protective and it slowed down the internet. So now I don't care if I get a virus I will just install the virus checker then uninstall it again. Problem Solved