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nimrody
on Jan 29, 2011
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Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 source code leaked
While the leaked code may ease the work of malware writers, keep in mind that whoever writes malware
regularly tests against all popular antivirus software
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No point in releasing something only to get caught right away.
borski
on Jan 29, 2011
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This is true, but if a test doesn't work with KAV, arguably it is now much easier to figure out why and find a workaround.
bigmac
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Indeed - Virus Total can be useful for this task:
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No point in releasing something only to get caught right away.