25 Jan 2001
Antivirus company Panda Software has been suspended from an industry group for withholding information about a new virus it claimed was "more deadly than the Love Bug".
Earlier this week, the company was slammed by other antivirus vendors for failing to share information about the Little Davinia worm until three days after it had issued a press release warning about the problem.
Panda blamed the lack of information sharing on its head technical director being unwell and out of the office on the day that the virus was discovered.
Network News understands that Panda had been suspended from the list as a direct result of its actions, although it was not disclosed for how long.
A spokeswoman for Panda said: "Normally we collaborate with other companies, but on this occasion that did not happen." She added that it was "understandable" that the company had been punished.
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