Security researcher Guillaume Tena has been given a suspended fine of €5,000 in a French court for publishing proof of concept code to highlight security flaws in ViGuard an anti-virus product, from the company Tegam. He demonstrated that Tegam's generic anti-virus failed to stop "100 per cent of known and unknown viruses" as claimed.
French security researchers are alarmed at the effect of the case, which essentially makes publishing a security vulnerability or a proof of concept illegal in the country.