"David B."
Wed, 10 May 2017 21:38:51 GMT
in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Seems that you are a tad brighter than dear Dustin! :-)

LOL! Are you trying to recruit him? I didn't bother to search for
any of the keywords in the post you lifted, David. So, I had no idea
where you stole it. But, it's not 100% accurate, either.

That wouldn't be the first time an antivirus company has gotten
things wrong though.

See this one:

https://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/irok.shtml

And indeed, the virus has corrupted files on the hard drive during
this event. Technical Details: Katrin Tocheva, Sami Rautiainen and
Alexey Podrezov, F-Secure

Which is not true. Irok doesn't corrupt the hard disk, doesn't
format the hard disk, either. I succesfully, tricked those experts
and infected users alike into thinking it did, by using an old copy
protection trick from the 80s. Neat eh? Simple, too. Very simple.

That's not the only incorrect statement they wrote concerning it,
either. It's just the funniest.

Here's one from your favorite antivirus experts former employer:

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-...-analysis.aspx
The virus may corrupt the data on the hard drive.

It does no such thing.


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