Schneier On Scareware Vendor Lawsuits

Bruce Schneier's blog says "This is good: Microsoft Corp. and the state of Washington this week filed lawsuits against a slew of 'scareware' purveyors, scam artists who use fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software. "

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Microsoft is sueing themselves?

[El_Muerte_TDS]

scam artists who use fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for worthless computer security software

Sounds a lot like an average Windows advertisement.

What an awesome quote on his book cover

[DimmO]

http://www.schneier.com/images/book-sos-175w.jpg "The closest the security industry has to a rock star" Well, if that's the case, I'll believe anything he says then. I love rock and roll.

Re:What an awesome quote on his book cover

[Notquitecajun]

So put another dime in the jukebox, baby.

Re:Unnecessary blog reference

[nschubach]

Repeat after me: Ad revenue from hits/views.

More Government Regulation

[Jawn98685]

When will these ultra-liberal, extremist zealots realize that more regulation just doesn't work? It is no suprise to see that the term "worthless security software" should be bandied about by such out-of-touch elitist snobs. We all know that the free market should determine what is "worthless" and what is not. Why do socialist thugs like Microsoft and the Washington State Attorney General's Office get off, trying to bully patriotic, tax-paying, small computer security businesses this way?

Re:FAKE security warnings, for Windows?

[gaderael]

...after all, is there anything as insecure as Windows?

Emo kids?