"~BD~" wrote:
> Tell me, then, about the expertise and 'qualifications' of Mr
> Lipman. I suspect that he's a 'professional' but seems reluctant to say
> so. You talk as if you *know* him!

How do you get the impression I know him from my previous post when I
never mentioned or referred to him?

As it happens, both he and I are long-time contributors to acv and
acav, he offers advice to help people clean their machines and
provides a useful tool to do that in the form of Multi-AV. So yes,
I know him on usenet and from a private forum of researchers and
anti-malware people and have corresponded with him in email. I don't
know what he does for a living or what qualifications he has and
neither do I care because the advice he gives is sound. All
indications are that he has a wide knowledge of computer security,
viruses and other malware.

As for my expertise, I've previously mentioned I'm a long-time
programmer with a particular interest in reverse engineering
malicious code. I know about the capabilities of most currently
circulating malware and popular exploits as you may have noticed from
other posts I've made to these groups. Of course, in this field it's
a constant learning experience as computer systems and software evolve
and the bay guys try out new methods.

I tend not to dispense advice about security or AV software because
that's not my area of interest or expertise and I don't use such
applications. If I have to clean infected systems I use my low-level
system knowledge and basic or specialist tools.