Tumours and polips

2006-07-01

Peter Ferrie

Symantec Security Response, USA

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

The W32/Polip virus caught the AV industry by surprise recently – we didn't expect to see a parasitic virus, and we certainly didn't expect to see anything of such apparent complexity. However, looks can be deceiving. Peter Ferrie reveals all.

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