Re: attachment attack, Symantec

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 09:17:44AM -0700, tedcrum@socrates.berkeley.edu wrote:
> available at 5:30 PM Monday still didn't find the worm in my archived
> files, but after I live-updated at 8AM today SAV found bagel/beagle.AG
> there.

Symantec is not known for being first on the scene with updates.
For example, Kaspersky has purportedly has AV experts in every time zone,
unlike North American anti-virus companies.

And really good (read: boringly dry) read on the breakdown
of response times for the various antivirus vendors
can be found here.

How Long Must You Wait for an Anti-Virus Fix?
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3316511
http://av-test.org/ (some data is dated)

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wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love,
love is not music, music is the best..."
- Frank Zappa (12/21/1940-12/04/1993)
 
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