"Dustin Cook" <> wrote in message news:
> BugHunter uses a proprietary checksum algorithm that I developed over 14
> years ago. In an effort to reduce scantime, BugHunter scans files ONLY
> if they have a known filelength; IE: Known to BugHunter as potentially
> being malicious. Once BugHunter takes a scan of the suspect file, it
> gets two 32bit numbers in a specific order. If the numbers match the
> record as well as the filelength in the correct order, BugHunter
> considers it a valid match and looks the information up to give it a
> more descriptive name, of course that depends on the record having a
> matching description in one of the buginfo files.
>
>
> I hope this will help with any questions you may have about what
> BugHunter is, and what it is not. If you have any questions, I will
> monitor this thread; you may respond here or in email.
>
> Thanks for reading!
>
Question comes to mind. Where do you get samples to get your ID CRC and
length? Someone at one of the AV vendors?