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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 02:22:27PM +0100, douglas.leeder@sophos.com wrote:
> 
> This is a problem for current anti-malware scanning, as virus data updates 
> come every few hours

Every few hours?!?  I hadn't noticed Windows AV programs getting
updates that frequently, at least not the ones that I've been familiar
with.  (Semantec, Norton, McAfee)

						- Ted
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