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Old 07-27-2008, 08:32 PM
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Default Re: Virus Detection

Um I have no idea lol. It doesn't really make much sense to me. lol

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Originally Posted by dargueta View Post
You can create different viruses using the same engine, and create the same virus using different engines. So when antivirus software scans a file, it checks its database of known hacking/tunneling engines and sees whether one of those is present in that file. If it is, then it flags it as infected and takes appropriate action.
If that's how it works, then how come theirs so many anti-viruses that detect files incorrectly as viruses?
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