+1! A huge problme is, folks think that AV and possibly anti-spyware has them secure. Leave an Adobe app unpatched, or don't run your MS Updates, and BOOM! In comes The Bad Thing. First thing The Bad Thing does is, it hides itself from the AV apps. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote on 11/09/2010 10:35:47 AM: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure about that. Folks have complained since the beginning of time that > > the OS should be secure, and that Microsoft should do more to secure it. > > Cool, let me know when they start! ;-) > > Seriously, though, signature based anti-virus isn't really anything > to do with making the OS more secure. > > I can't say I really blame Microsoft for wanting to get into the > anti-virus market. But the whole monopoly thing means they are > limited as to how much "bundling" they can do. Worse (from a > anti-trust competition standpoint), they're giving much of their AV > product line away for free right now. Dumping a product on the market > to force competition out of business is a tried-and-true monopoly > strategy, and Microsoft's gotten in trouble for it before. They might > even have good intentions this time around (or it might be Stac > Electronics all over again), but that doesn't make their new > competitors any happier. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
