How are new viruses found in the Wild? [Archive]

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Shrek

March 29th, 2005, 06:06 PM

What methods are used by AV developers to determine the presence of new viruses or variants?

Randy_Bell

March 29th, 2005, 08:07 PM

The WildList Organization International (http://www.wildlist.org/)

... Welcome to the World Wide Web Site of The WildList Organization International,
the world's premier source of information on which viruses are spreading ...

Randy_Bell

March 29th, 2005, 08:09 PM

Virus Bulletin - Introduction to the VB 100% award (http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/about/index.xml)

The relevance of In the Wild detection tests is that the viruses on the WildList are known to be causing real-world virus incidents, and of doing so in more than just one or two isolated places. Products that do not have full detection of these viruses are unlikely to be of widespread appeal.