> Simple - one has an install kit that runs in > plain sight, reports what it is, requires you to > accept an EULA, allows you to configure and > restrict remote access, and even has an un- > install option. > > The other is BO2K.
Or, WinWhatWhere, or SoftEyes or any one of a half dozen other programs sold as corporate 'spy programs' They hide from the user just as effectively as BO2K.
Saying that BO2K should be scanned as a virus just because it hides itself is no longer an effective argument unless all other products that do so are also scanned for.
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> Simple - one has an install kit that runs in
> plain sight, reports what it is, requires you to
> accept an EULA, allows you to configure and
> restrict remote access, and even has an un-
> install option.
>
> The other is BO2K.
Or, WinWhatWhere, or SoftEyes or any one of a half dozen other programs sold as corporate 'spy programs' They hide from the user just as effectively as BO2K.
Saying that BO2K should be scanned as a virus just because it hides itself is no longer an effective argument unless all other products that do so are also scanned for.
The Hacker News Network has more information with explanation of why the data has been destoryed as well as letters from Ken Williams. etc.