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MyDoom's spread sparks concern over Antivirus technologies

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edited February 2004 in Science & Tech
Antivirus technologies need to change because they fail to limit viruses during the crucial first hours of an epidemic, experts say.

[blockquote]The virus, which has combined many old attack techniques into a successful package, was hardly blunted by antivirus programs during the first few hours of its exponential spread.

That's a problem, said Shlomo Touboul, chief executive of security software maker Finjan Software.
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[link=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39145276,00.htm]The full report[/link]

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  • CammanCamman NEW! England Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Thats pretty stupid, guess these people want firefighters to be able to stop a wildfire before they even know about it?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    How about a better solution: DON'T OPEN EMAIL ATTACHMENTS, STUPID IDIOTS
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    Seriously... if you get a virus, you probably deserve it.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited February 2004
    How do they expect antivirus software makers to stop a virus before they're aware of it?

    Forget about the stupid people opening questionable e-mail attachments. They need to learn that lesson on their own.
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited February 2004
    TheSmJ wrote:
    How do they expect antivirus software makers to stop a virus before they're aware of it?

    Make the virus companies stop writing the viruses!!!! It's a conspiracy I tell you!!!!
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited February 2004
    Oops i opened an attachment that had nothing in it

    :mad2:
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    j/k

    really tho, who would be that dumb.

    "OH YEAH!! lets open this attachment i got from wait.. CNN!! yeah it came in my news!!"

    :o
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