I have never heard the term *combat* coder -- that's good one how
interesting. ;-)
Well, Dippy D, I'll write this very slowly since I know you can't read
and comprehend fast. I'll also indulge in blowing my own horn while
I'm at it. You should love that since you're such a expert at it.
Several years ago when Win 98 reigned supreme, I decided to write
a removal utility to _combat_ the Hybris internet worm. Clay offered
to put it up at his web site, and the claymania acv help pages were
born. It must have been a excellent idea since later on, the major
av vendors followed suit and began offering free removal utilities.
I also wrote and offered a Startup Axis Viewer which also must have
been a excellent idea since later on KAV offered their TroyanFind and
HijackThis appeared ... all in the same vein. More combat code.
Then there was my scanner which found embedded object Trojans
in Word DOCs. Later, after my hyping the subject, some major av
vendors started detecting such dangerous objects. More combat code.
My F-prot for DOS updaters and emergency utils weren't quite the
first. Bob Green, for one, had offered his version first. More combat
code.
Do you require more examples and explanations to help you through
your fog? Of course, I've never written any combat code for the NT
based OSes. You long ago convinced me that these OS were so
secure, they'ed never need antivirus weapons. LOL! Not really.
The truth is that I simply never got much interested in the more
recent security nightmares from MS.
On the subject of future security nighmares from MS, I see you've
as much as admitted there will likely be need for combat code. So all
of your bluster and insults are just so much garbage, as usual.
Bye bye Dippy D.
Art
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