I used to specialize in "DitchWare". ("So your current old thing is too slow, and it's kinda clogged to boot, so you're ditching it? Gimme!") So if I started with junk... why become paranoid about it? I never used it for commerce or business. Anything that snuck by the firewall on the way *in* was usually caught trying to dial *out*. Once spotlighted, I'd boot to low safe level, rename the offender to something else, rename a copy of something useful to the malware's name, and let other people's trojans load my 10 favorite programs. Ah, well, that was fun. Now I work with materials I actually have to be *responsible* for.:/
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I used to specialize in "DitchWare". ("So your current old thing is too slow, and it's kinda clogged to boot, so you're ditching it? Gimme!") So if I started with junk... why become paranoid about it? I never used it for commerce or business. :/
Anything that snuck by the firewall on the way *in* was usually caught trying to dial *out*. Once spotlighted, I'd boot to low safe level, rename the offender to something else, rename a copy of something useful to the malware's name, and let other people's trojans load my 10 favorite programs. Ah, well, that was fun. Now I work with materials I actually have to be *responsible* for.
--TaoPhoenix
Didn't we all learn something from the Sony DRM Root fiasco?
Beyond the other lovely stuff, do we trust them to even be competent programmers?
Nope.