McAfee and lack of detection

Scott Silva ssilva at sgvwater.com
Tue Jan 2 17:23:36 CET 2007


Scott Silva spake the following on 1/2/2007 8:08 AM:
> Sergio Rabellino spake the following on 12/30/2006 2:00 PM:
>> I'm using mcafee on my solaris box as follow
>>
>> Scan engine v4.4.00 for Solaris.
>> Virus data file v4929 created Dec 29 2006
>> Scanning for 221898 viruses, trojans and variants.
>>
>> I'vent noticed any lack in detection for viruses.
>>
> Maybe the 5.1.00 engine has changed the output just slightly and MailScanner
> isn't picking it up. I might go back to the 4.4.00 engine on one box and see
> what happens.
> I think I will try a 30 day test of f-prot also.
> 
I just did a test with the latest round of "greeting card.exe" and McAfee
doesn't detect it still. I submitted a sample.
Even the old free BitDefender is getting this one. Shame on you McAfee!!!
I hope they are still hung over!


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