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Re: Get your computer viruses here!
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:43:31 +0000 (GMT)
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Blue Boar wrote:
Nick FitzGerald wrote:Historically the AV industry (and others) has continually faced the utter BS suggestion that it is responsible for, if not writing, at least releasing and distributung, viruses to "drum up business", etc. This has made responsible members of the AV industry _especially_ sensitive to any sample sharing that does not have proper safeguards ensuring to a very high degree of responsibility that shared samples will not get into the hands of those imadequately prepared to handle them equally conscientiously.Indeed. So... and I ask this in all sincerity and without sarcasm, honestly... why should those of us not working for AV companies care about that at all? ("that" being the reputations of the AV companies.) I mean, I understand why that might limit an AV company from giving me a sample. But if I have my own unfettered sample, AV company reputation just doesn't enter into it, does it?
Think more widely. People who aren't involved in computer security, will look at this site and say "Hey, these people who pretend to be helping us, are actually letting anyone who wants to, download this malicious software do do whatever they want with it." You needn't care about the reputation of the AV companies. But you should care about the reputation of computer security people, if you consider yourself to be one of them. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: Get your computer viruses here!, (continued)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! val smith (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Blue Boar (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! val smith (Dec 28)
- RE: Get your computer viruses here! Randy Abrams (Dec 28)
- RE: Get your computer viruses here! Drsolly (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Drsolly (Dec 28)
- Re[2]: Get your computer viruses here! Pierre Vandevenne (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Nick FitzGerald (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Blue Boar (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Nick FitzGerald (Dec 29)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Drsolly (Dec 29)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Blue Boar (Dec 29)
- Re[2]: Get your computer viruses here! Pierre Vandevenne (Dec 28)
- Re[2]: Get your computer viruses here! Drsolly (Dec 28)
- Re: Re[2]: Get your computer viruses here! val smith (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Drsolly (Dec 28)
- Re: Get your computer viruses here! Nick FitzGerald (Dec 29)
- Format of embedded graphics Larry Seltzer (Dec 29)
- Re: Format of embedded graphics Gadi Evron (Dec 29)
- Re: Format of embedded graphics nodialtone (Dec 29)
- Re: Format of embedded graphics Gadi Evron (Dec 29)