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Number   :  4018
Date     :  2003-03-10
Author   :  J. Merrill
Subject  :  Re: OT: AntiVirus
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It would be possible in theory, but any AV vendor whose code was suspected of such a thing would face massive customer revolt and unspeakably bad press. You have a lot more to worry about from the evil stuff from which the AV software supposedly protects you.

At 01:51 PM 3/8/2003 +0000, Geoff Wexler wrote
>I wonder if any of you experts have any opinions about the following:
>
>Some anti-virus programs regularly consult "base" to see if there are any
>new additional viruses to worry about. If the answer is yes , they download
>additions to up-date your software and improve your security. But the same
>software regularly scans your hard drive. In principle it sounds as if this
>two way traffic might be used as a method for breaching people's privacy
>i.e wouldn't it be possible for the anti-virus software to pass data such
>as passwords from your hard drive back to base? 
>
>G.W. 


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp



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