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KEYNOTE TALK AVerify: AN OPEN-SOURCE ANTI-VIRUS - Eicar

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The Guillermito case<br />

� 2001, Tegam vs. Guillermito (a French hacker)<br />

– Tegam claimed to protect against all known and<br />

unknown viruses<br />

– Guillermito then disclosed several flaws in Tegam’s<br />

product, ViGuard<br />

� Condemned (2006) to pay 15000 euros<br />

– Reverse-engineering cited as a reason<br />

� Tegam then went bankrupt…<br />

� Preventing reverse-engineering only helps the<br />

bad guys!<br />

2010-05-10 EICAR 2010

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