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Anti-Botnet Market is Black Eye for AV Industry
alternative coup writes "eWEEK is running a story on the emergence of an anti-botnet market to fill a perceived need for software to deal with botnet-related malware (Trojans, keyloggers, rootkits, etc.). The article characterizes this as 'another black eye' for the existing anti-virus industry — asking consumers to pay twice for protection from things that anti-malware suites are missing. Venture capital money is flowing to these anti-bot products, an implicit statement that the AV giants are not doing their jobs. 'For companies such as Symantec, which sells the Sana-powered Norton AntiBot and anti-malware subscriptions, it's a nickel-and-dime situation. Symantec officials say Norton AntiBot is for a specialized, technical market segment looking for high-end tools to deal with botnets, but [Andrew Jaquith, an analyst with The Yankee Group] said it's a case of anti-malware companies double-dipping.'"
the trick to understanding it was to know that "AV" stands for "antivirus", not "adult video"
what does the adult video industry have to do with botnets? and nevermind the black eyes, that's a kind of adult video i'm not into
live and learn
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Right. If you're so dumb as to open email attachments promising XXX pictures, or to swallow the bait when you get a phishing email... maybe it would do you some good to be inundated with viruses once. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad for you to examine reality rather than wander around the web with a doe-eyed look of wonder and the helplessness of a newborn babe.