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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 17:47:01 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Nimrod A. Abing wrote:
[...]
> > It turns on a very aggressive virus scanning method.

> Yes, but _how_ does this method work?  Any technical details?

AFAICS, Computer Associates don't tell. This is what you get in a free
program from a commercial software vendor.

But then, I don't think it's too important what exactly they do ---
InnoculateIT PE is definitely not the only culprit in this, as far as my
own experiments revealed.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.