RE: Intel gets into AV?

["Justin Polazzo" <jpolazzo () thesportsauthority com>]

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Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [funsec] Intel gets into AV?

Date sent:              Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:10:47 -0600
From:                   "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>

> Subject:              [funsec] Intel gets into AV?

Intel's been in AV for quite a while.  For many years they sold a
version of Trend with a LAN management wrapper.

> This cant turn out well IMO

On first reading, I'd agree.  Sounds an awful lot like WD's Immunizer,
in many respects.

(I did a report for Intel at one time, and noted that, while many of
their lower level [that is, actually working] people had some clues,
senior management were extremely effective at sabotaging the products,
and making political decisions that ensured they remained second rate.)

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It reminds me of way back in '05 when Dell started shipping their
desktops with "Data Execution Prevention" turned on. It stopped a lot of
things from executing, just as it promised. Peoplesoft, Walls, etc.

Great product, right up there with this guy
http://blog.wired.com/lazygadgets/index.album?i=3

-JP

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