[plug] Anti Virus LiveCD

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 11:17, Craig Ringer wrote:

> Any SENSIBLE business will have all their data on the file server
> anyway, but most sensible businesses won't have machines so riddled with
> viruses that they have to call in the big guns to clean up.
> 

Sadly I get called up to businesses that can't afford the implement the
things that employers want me to have become skilled in implementing.


> >  Viruses are tiny malicious programs written by unemployed software
> > developers because companies like Microsoft take the market hostage and
> > make it difficult for people to see how using their talent for
> > creativity instead of destruction can have positive rewards.  
> 
> While imaginitive, I'm inclined to doubt the factual basis for that.
> Where's your evidence?
> 
> What I'm seeing currently, and what the AV companies and security
> "experts" seem to think, is that increasing amounts of virus/malware
> activity is driven by strong commerical interests in the grey areas of
> legalilty (spyware/adware) and outright illegal (phishing/spam
> zombies/DDoS zombies). There's a thriving *market* in zombie computers,
> for example.
> 

That's a good point. 
> --
> Craig Ringer
> 
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