RE: write viruses? it's controversy time of the month

["Craig Schmugar" <craig () getvirushelp com>]

Went back to the archives for this...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/259169_botnet11.html

[excerpt]
...Maxwell and his unnamed co-conspirators incorporated those systems into a
13,000-computer network known as a botnet.
...
Maxwell and the youths are also accused of penetrating the computer network
at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, a 187-bed, not-for-profit institution,
where the invasion allegedly impaired patient treatment, delayed processing
lab tests and surgery scheduling, and shut down computers in intensive-care
rooms.
[/excerpt]

Point being, AV probably has saved a life somewhere along the way.  :-O

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Brian Loe
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:00 PM
To: massimo () grandmedia si
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] write viruses? it's controversy time of the month

On 8/29/06, <...> <massimo () grandmedia si> wrote:
> depends on how much you trust someone will be able to disassemble/modify
it
> and re-deploy it without those restrictions...
> but of course guns makers cannot be held responsible for shootings....

So, what antivirus was last used to prevent a crime or save a life?

Surely you can do better than making a *seemingly* ignorant comment to
stir the pot - or is the virus thread that boring?
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