[plug] M$ buys RAV antivirus, sad.

[Bill Kenworthy]

Dont they equate OS with virus code?  Maybe this is their way of dealing
with it:

"Warning! Virus code detected, delete openoffice?"

BillK



On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 13:07, Chris Caston wrote:
> What's a bet that that one or more AV companies will secretly write a
> virus that targets or even exploits it?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 12:44, Kai Jones wrote:
> > Prolly integrate it with Windows and try to wipe out all other AV programs,
> > the same way they're still trying to win 100% market share with their
> > browser.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Craig Ringer [mailto:craig at postnewspapers.com.au]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2003 12:36 PM
> > > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > > Subject: Re: [plug] M$ buys RAV antivirus, sad.
> > >
> > >
> > > *lol*
> > >
> > > Just yesterday I made the mistake of saying that while it'd
> > > be nice if
> > > MS integrated AV with Windows, it wasn't likely to happen.
> > > This suggests
> > > that perhaps it just might... who knows what they're really
> > > planning to do.
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
> > 
> > 
> 
-- 
Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>