Nice suggestion, but, incorrect I think. A trojan in nothing but a
variant of a virus, let the proper software deal with it.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Martin wrote:
> Ron DuFresne wrote:
>
> > Peoples, Why not just put pressure upon the anti-viri folks to create
> > software that is supposed to deal with viral threats properly, and at the
> > same time, devote more time to the never ending chore of user awareness.
> > Those are the real issues here.
>
> I don't know that that's true. The applications that a personal firewall
> protects against aren't viruses at all, but trojans, like backorifice
> for example, or a number of the .vbs hacks.
>
> > Melding firewall software/Hardware to
> > take on the added task of doing anti-viri stuff is not the route to go,
> > nor is the definition of a new protocol.
>
> I don't believe anyone was talking about doing that, exactly, except
> perhaps yourself (accidentally.) The idea was that the antiviral
> software handle the actual viruses, and that the "personal firewall"
> should handle network trojans and suchlike.
>
>
>
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