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Date:      Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:41:21 +1100
From:      "Lachlan O'Dea" <lodea@vet.com.au>
To:        "Ronald G. Arnold Jr." <rarnold@colemantx.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *sigh* Re: Just thought you'd like to know...
Message-ID:  <20000223164121.G18242@vet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <001101bf7dbb$558ca420$8b7b403f@ronaldjr>; from rarnold@colemantx.com on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 11:03:31PM -0600
References:  <000801bf7db7$a7502d80$0f646464@david> <20000222211407.N21720@fw.wintelcom.net> <001101bf7dbb$558ca420$8b7b403f@ronaldjr>

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On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 11:03:31PM -0600, Ronald G. Arnold Jr. wrote:
> I somewhat agree with you about NAV, but for some reason, when I had
> Linux and used LILO, it don't give the Bloodhound.MBR warning.

I can see two reasons for that. Either NAV knows the template for a LILO
MBR, or its "Bloodhound" heuristic scanner doesn't think it's a virus.

It seems that the FreeBSD boot manager MBR is not known to NAV, and
there's something about it which is triggering the heuristics. This MBR
actually provides Symantec with a useful real-world sample they could
use to improve their heuristics, if they were so inclined.

-- 
Lachlan O'Dea <mailto:lodea@vet.com.au>   Computer Associates Pty Ltd
Webmaster                                   Vet - Anti-Virus Software
http://www.vet.com.au/

"Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." - Yoda, Jedi Master



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