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Declaration of John Hawes of Virus Bulletin
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`I, John Hawes, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am over the age of majority and make this declaration based on the business
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`records of my employer, Virus Bulletin.
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`2.
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`I ain the Chief of Operations at Virus Bulletin, running the business side of the
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`company since 2014 and managing all aspects of product testing and reviews since 2006. Virus
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`Bulletin is an online magazine about the prevention, detection, and removal of malware and
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`spam. It regularly features analyses of the latest virus threats, articles exploring new
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`developments in the fight against viruses, interviews with anti-virus experts, and evaluations of
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`current anti-malware products. Virus Bulletin has run an annual international conference on
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`malware, anti-malware, and related subjects since 1991. Virus Bulletin is headquartered at The
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`Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon, OX14 3YP, United Kingdom.
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`3.
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`Attached as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of a declaration I signed on or
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`about October 15, 2015. Exhibit A includes a true and correct copy of the paper entitled
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`"Dynamic Detection and Classification of Computer Viruses Using General Behaviour Patterns,"
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`by Morton Swimmer, which Virus Bulletin published in 1995 and which is attached to my
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`October 15, 2015 declaration.
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`4.
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`As I stated in my October 15, 2015 declaration, the paper entitled "Dynamic
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`Detection and Classification of Computer Viruses Using General Behaviour Patterns" was
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`published to all 163 attendees of the Virus Bulletin International Conference at the Boston Park
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`Plaza Hotel and Towers in September• 1995. The paper was included in the conference
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`proceedings book that was distributed to all conference attendees and subsequently made
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`available for purchase by Virus Bulletin.
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`The copy of the Swimmer paper included with Exhibit A is part of the conference
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`proceedings book that was prepared by Virus Bulletin employees in 1995 and that has been kept
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`at Virus Bulletin's offices ever since. Virus Bulletin prepares and publishes a conference
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`proceedings book for each of its annual conferences, which date back to 1991. Each conference
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`proceedings book is prepared and maintained by Virus Bulletin employees in the course of Virus
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`Bulletin's regularly conducted business activity.
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`6.
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`Attached as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a list of 163 delegates, or
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`attendees, who registered to attend the 1995 Virus Bulletin International Conference. The list
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`was created by Virus Bulletin employees in 1995 and has been stored along with other
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`conference materials, including the conference proceedings book, at Virus Bulletin's offices ever
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`since. Virus Bulletin creates and maintains delegate lists for its annual conferences in the course
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`of its regularly conducted business activity.
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`7.
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`Attached as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a brochure for the 1995 Virus
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`Bulletin International Conference that was created by Virus Bulletin employees in 1995 and that
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`has been. stored along with other conference materials, including the conference proceedings
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`book, at Virus Bulletin's offices ever since. Virus Bulletin distributes brochures for its annual
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`conferences as an insert in various industry publications. Virus Bulletin creates and maintains
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`these brochures in the course of its regularly conducted business activity.
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`8.
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`Attached as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of the November 1995 issue of
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`Virus Bulletin magazine, which was distributed by mail to all Virus Bulletin subscribers. The
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`November 1995 issue of Virus Bulletin magazine was published and maintained in the course of
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`Vitus Bulletin's regularly conducted business activity.
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`9.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and further that
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`these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like are
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`punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under• 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Executed in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., on October 7, 2016.
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