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Removal tools are more difficult to evaluate, but the following items
may be of assistance:
- Ask for a list of viruses that can be removed, and the general
level of accuracy. (For example, ``75%of disinfections will result
in a working executable.'') Ask for a list of viruses that cannot be removed.
Use the ratio for the basis of a rough comparison.
- Get a scanner and removal tool that work from the same
naming space. The removal
tool works on the basis of the virus you name. You need to supply it
with the name by which it knows the virus. Matched identification and removal
tools are required to make it work.