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Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors...
From: Ron <iago () valhallalegends com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:23:48 -0600
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
I agree. If everybody used a real OS, and if people picked their OS based on which was _better_, rather than based on what they're used to, them maybe life would be good. But for now, every average person is going to use Windows because it's "easier" (har!), and be forced to put up with the weak security model, and to buy all the accessories to deal with viruses, spyware, etc.On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:24:54 CST, Ron said:There needs to be a good, opensource anti-virus solution where they aren't worried about their bottom line. The problem is the amount of maintenance it takes to keep a virus scanner up-to-date makes it hard for somebody to do it for free.Well, as a *transitory* thing, such a beast might be useful. And many people sing the praises of ClamAV... It's still applying band-aids to a hemophiliac rather than supplying them with clotting factor. The only *sustainable* long-term solution is to use software that was designed with a sane security model, so there's no *need* for a separate A/V product. If you actually use a sane security model, not only do you vastly reduce the need for an A/V solution, but you also minimize the spyware and trojan issue.
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- A suggestion to all AV vendors... bipin gautam (Dec 06)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Ron (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Kenneth Ng (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Ron (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Florian Weimer (Dec 12)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Ron (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... colinm () clientsecure net (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Mary Landesman (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Kenneth Ng (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 07)
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- RE: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Todd Towles (Dec 07)
- Re: A suggestion to all AV vendors... Stephen Menard (Dec 10)
- RE: A suggestion to all AV vendors... bipin gautam (Dec 10)