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A Bad Week for Symantec
Evan Hughes writes "NeoSmart Technologies has published a scathing editorial regarding 3 high-profile mistakes by Symantec Corp. — all in less than a week. In what seems to be a string of stupid mistakes culminating in the infection of CNN-parent Turner Broadcasting Systems by Rinbot— a virus dedicated to the eradication of Symantec from the known world."
NeoSmart Technologies has published a scathing editorial regarding 3 high-profile mistakes by Symantec Corp. -- all in less than a week
Maybe they're not mistakes... maybe it's just a form of viral marketing.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
a virus dedicated to the eradication of Symantec from the known world
That's not a virus. That's a feature.
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Since we're talking about Windows machines, I can tell you for certain which comes first.
Symantec: more full of bugs than a frog on a binge.
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How bad does it have to be for people to Stop using windows?
when the OS let's Steve ballmer and Microsoft know when you are in the shouse so a guy can show up dressed as clippy and forcibly anal rape you.
Yes, it will have to get that bad before the sheeple out there actually switch.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Reminds me of a phrase we used at a company I once worked at, to describe 'free' equipment we were given, and co-erced into using.
"It didn't cost us anything. Well, not at first."
I have nothing to worry about as I'm running Solaris. Despite the fact that people are continuously trying to hack me I have no worries. Right now (I'll look at the network activity) ?? funny someone has telneted in using some -froot argument. I wonder wha[No Carrier]
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OK, there's no doubt that Turner is pretty incompetent for not fixing this hole with a patch that's been out for most of a year.
Personally I'm surprised that he hasn't broadcast it on the news as a terrorist attack and recruited the Boston police and bomb squad to deal with this threat...
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
I only use Windows for maybe 2 hours a day to play a game, then I reboot to Ubuntu for real work.
Yeah, actually it's really annoying, because AVG is always trying to scan the hard drive when I go to play a game.
Your face: *|*
Your face against a joke: ?|?
Note, I'm not saying you are an idiot, just that you are clueless.
~ is a bitwise 'NOT' operation.
Thanks for playing!
I, for one, am looking forward to the day this happens to me.