Testing real-time protection of antiviruses with 10.124 Sample

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I completely agree, VirusSign packs often include file infectors that were prevalent 15 years ago like sality and so on. It is more valuable when samples are checked and studied. And a broad range of them.

If one is a malware analyst, old malware is of great value to understand origin, lineage, and the development of malicious code.

Being a dedicated malware analyst and moving from beginner to expert is a multi-year endeavor - if not a journey across a decade. Same is true of most things in IT - if one wants to be an honest, credible member of the group of "Experts."

For testing purposes, VirusSign has more cons than pros.