A1) What is VIRUS-L/comp.virus?

It is a discussion forum with a focus on computer virus issues.  More
specifically, VIRUS-L is an electronic mailing list and comp.virus is
a USENET newsgroup.  Both groups are moderated; all submissions are
sent to the moderator for possible inclusion in the group.  For more
information, including a copy of the posting guidelines, see the file
virus-l.README, available by anonymous FTP on cert.org in the
pub/virus-l directory.  (FTP is the Internet File Transfer Protocol,
and is described in more detail in the monthly VIRUS-L/comp.virus
archive postings - see below.)

Note that there have been, from time to time, other USENET
cross-postings of VIRUS-L, including the bit.listserv.virus-l.  These
groups are generally set up by individual site maintainers and are not
as globally accessible as VIRUS-L and comp.virus.


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