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10.3 Viruses in the Wild
The Wildlist is a cooperative listing of viruses reported as being in the wild
by 73 virus information professionals. The basis for these reports are
virus incidents where a sample was received, and positively identified by
the participant. Rumors and unverified reports have been excluded.
F-Secure Corporation is an active member of the Wildlist Organization.
The Wildlist is available on the Internet at:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/virus-info/wild.shtml .
10.4 How to Send a Virus Sample to F-Secure
This section covers the following topics for sending a virus sample to
F-Secure VirusLab:
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How to package a virus sample
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What files to send
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Where to send a virus sample
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In what language should questions and virus descriptions be sent
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What are the response times
This is a very general guideline for sending a virus sample to
samples@f-secure.com . For more detailed instructions, go to:
http://www.europe.f-secure.com/support/technical/general/samples.shtml
10.4.1 How to Package a Virus Sample
All files should be sent in ZIP archive only. To package the virus samples
you can download a trial version of WinZip software at
http://www.winzip.com/ . Also a free InfoZIP utility is available at
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .
This section is for advanced users.