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Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow () mci com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:30:26 +0000 (GMT)
On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
In message <B6621ED4D0AD394BBA73CA657DFD8976869630 () MSPEXBE01 wamnet inc>, "Chur ch, Chuck" writes:What about all the viruses out there that don't forge addresses? Sending a warning message makes sense for these. Unless someone hasA-V companies are in the business of analyzing viruses. They should *know* how a particular virus behaves.
This has also been said before, but... they are also in the business of SELLING their product. It seems that the 'default' (note I don't either: use av, nor scan emails for virii so I'm not sure what defaults to what... just use something other than outlook and you can care less about it) is possibly there for advertising effect more than anything else :( Hey, bob's company stopped this virus with $PRODUCT_12, why aren't we using that product $VP_O_IT ??
Current thread:
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober), (continued)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Steve Sobol (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Rich Kulawiec (Dec 05)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Robert Bonomi (Dec 04)
- RE: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Church, Chuck (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Geo. (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Christian Kuhtz (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Larry Smith (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Steven M. Bellovin (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Edward B. Dreger (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Jamie C. Pole (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Christopher L. Morrow (Dec 04)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Douglas Otis (Dec 05)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 05)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Todd Vierling (Dec 06)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Douglas Otis (Dec 06)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Todd Vierling (Dec 06)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Douglas Otis (Dec 06)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Steven J. Sobol (Dec 07)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Micheal Patterson (Dec 07)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Michael . Dillon (Dec 08)
- Re: Clueless anti-virus products/vendors (was Re: Sober) Douglas Otis (Dec 08)