> My comments were aimed at the complacency created by the "Application
> does it all so you don't have to" approach ! In this instance, how
> does the user really know that the updates are coming from a genuine
> source ? and not from a bogus one ?
>
> The DNS could have been tampered with and the IP hijacked !
At the remote DNS server? Very unlikely.
At the local DNS cache or Hosts file on the user's PC? Possibly, but
if one has malware or a Trojan residing on one's machine, you have
much worse concerns than getting valid AV updates. Besides, the valid
AV update server probably has an encrypted handshake with the PC to
ensure authenticity.
Gary VanderMolen
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