Felix von Leitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If running a virus scanner would be free (i.e. does not reduce security,
> does not eat up CPU time on the email server, does not use memory, does
> not cost time and money to maintain) then I would not be against it.
Nothing is free. All that is possible is that the cost is less than
the benefits.
> But virus scanners are a marketing vehicle for a whole industry that
> did nothing to prevent any virus I have ever seen anyone close to me me
> have.
I used to work for an antivirus company (no longer; figured there was
no future in it, and didn't want to paint myself into a corner).
Obviously given that experience I have found virus scanners to prevent
some viruses, quite a bit in fact. This was in the days when the PC
boot sector virus was the major type, though (for once, not a type of
virus MS can be blamed for, really -- MSDOS never pretended to be more
than a glorified progam loader anyway).
Whether the cure is worse than the disease; ah, there's the issue.
And a LOT of characters in the AV world are less than savory.
There is no truth in the concept that the AV vendors themselves write
the viruses, though! There are PLENTY of losers out there to do it
for free.
> I don't care about Microsoft and what they fix or don't fix.
> I don't use their software and document formats.
> It's that easy. Really.
Personally, neither do I. However, many of us work in organisations
that do use them, and we can't change that.
-Matt
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