Symantec Hopes To Deliver Anti-Virus Online

daria42 writes "Symantec today said it will slowly move towards supplying its consumer applications online as services." From the article: "Sykes also said there was the possibility that tiny pieces of an application or a single virus scan could be resold by organisations such as online banks, which may choose to ensure their customers are not infected with a virus or spyware before they log on to their account ... This could be paid for by the customer using their credit card or by adding it to their mobile phone bill by sending a text message, said Sykes, who warned that banks could decide not to provide access to anyone with an infected computer."

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[maillemaker]

Every time I see a pop-up advertisement that says:

"YOUR COMPUTER COULD BE INFECTED WITH SPYWARE - CLICK HERE"

It sends up huge red flags for me, and I always shut them down without clicking. I've seen so many of them (wanting to optimize my Windows, etc.) that I'm now gun shy of any such remote scanning application.

I'll be thinking long and hard about letting anything scan my system through my firewall.

Steve