Comments on: Is this a new virus, or are virus scanners just slow to catch it? http://securityandthe.net/2009/02/08/is-this-a-new-virus-or-are-virus-scanners-just-slow-to-catch-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-this-a-new-virus-or-are-virus-scanners-just-slow-to-catch-it News and opinions about security, the internet and more Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:40:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: martin http://securityandthe.net/2009/02/08/is-this-a-new-virus-or-are-virus-scanners-just-slow-to-catch-it/comment-page-1/#comment-714 martin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:24:11 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=948#comment-714 @jcanto: Sorry, completely missed that! I updated the post, thanks for the reply and for providing this great service! @jcanto: Sorry, completely missed that! I updated the post, thanks for the reply and for providing this great service!

]]> By: jcanto http://securityandthe.net/2009/02/08/is-this-a-new-virus-or-are-virus-scanners-just-slow-to-catch-it/comment-page-1/#comment-708 jcanto Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:49:29 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=948#comment-708 "Update 9-2: As tr0stvik noted, at the time I wrote this Virustotal failed to list the versions and update times of the tested scanners. I resubmitted the file again today; the results are here. Currently, 17 out of 39 scanners detect the virus." Try to research before you say something. In certain cases (when the file has been previosly scanned by the email interface), that info is not shown. “Update 9-2: As tr0stvik noted, at the time I wrote this Virustotal failed to list the versions and update times of the tested scanners. I resubmitted the file again today; the results are here. Currently, 17 out of 39 scanners detect the virus.”

Try to research before you say something. In certain cases (when the file has been previosly scanned by the email interface), that info is not shown.

]]> By: tr0stvik http://securityandthe.net/2009/02/08/is-this-a-new-virus-or-are-virus-scanners-just-slow-to-catch-it/comment-page-1/#comment-649 tr0stvik Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:31:30 +0000 http://securityandthe.net/?p=948#comment-649 Hmm, in the result pdf, why isn't there any date and scanner versions showing? Something wrong with Virus-total when you uploaded the file, or something wrong with your browser? Hmm, in the result pdf, why isn’t there any date and scanner versions showing? Something wrong with Virus-total when you uploaded the file, or something wrong with your browser?

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