Virii detection very low

[Randal, Phil]

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No, I just used another vendor's name for it, sorry!

"Bitdefender: Found virus BehavesLike:Win32.IRC-Backdoor in file Photo
and Article.zip"

Cheers,

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK  

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> Subject: Re: Virii detection very low
> 
> Randal, Phil wrote:
> 
> >Bitdefender caught 149 copies of W32/Brepibot.B overnight here which 
> >McAfee and ClamAV both missed.  Spamassassin did a brilliant job and 
> >flagged all but 5 as high-scoring spam too.  None got through.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> Phil,
> 
> My Bitdefender never calls anything "W32/".  It calls them "Win32.".  
> Was that a typo on your part?
> 
> Denis
> PS: I didn't get any Brepibot.B.
> 
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