Posted by
michael
on from the does-renter's-insurance-cover-this dept.
sagman writes "Russ at NTBugtraq is proposing fines for those whose computers allow the propagation of viruses, worms, etc., knowingly or unknowingly... Russ is taking a poll on his site. Russ states in an email that he wrote this up at the request of a US Senator staffer..."
Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
by
inertia187
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· Score: 5, Funny
I can just see the virus protection software making changes to their notifications to keep track of attacks that could cost people money and list it in a tally window: "You've saved $764 in internet fines this year because you used Morton AntiVirus 2005! Want to upgrade to the Pro version?"
The Pro version will include an insurance plan in case you go on vacation for a week and leave your XP box on and a new exploit surfaces while you're gone.
-- A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
Fines won't cut it...
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TopShelf
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· Score: 4, Funny
Re:Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!
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SuperBanana
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· Score: 5, Funny
The Pro version will include an insurance plan in case you go on vacation for a week and leave your XP box on and a new exploit surfaces while you're gone.
Vacation? I don't leave my win2k box on when I go to WORK, lest a new exploit surrface before I get home:-)
Re:Denial of Money attack?
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tomhudson
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· Score: 4, Funny
Couldn't have said it better myself! And of course,
after the article quotes some pulled-out-of-the-ass statistics from a "TruSecure Corporation Survey", look how the whole thing is signed:
Russ Cooper -
Surgeon General of TruSecure Corporation/NTBugtraq Editor
right above this:
An error occurred on the server when processing the URL. Please contact the system administrator.
Has he been practicing do-it-(to)-yourself lobotomies again?
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I can just see the virus protection software making changes to their notifications to keep track of attacks that could cost people money and list it in a tally window: "You've saved $764 in internet fines this year because you used Morton AntiVirus 2005! Want to upgrade to the Pro version?"
The Pro version will include an insurance plan in case you go on vacation for a week and leave your XP box on and a new exploit surfaces while you're gone.
A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
I'd much prefer bounties.
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Vacation? I don't leave my win2k box on when I go to WORK, lest a new exploit surrface before I get home :-)
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