A-V Vedors getting into Spyware fray

[siljaline]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:55:26 GMT, null@zilch.com wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:52:56 -0400, siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com>
>wrote:
>
>>http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/adware/
>>http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/dialers/
>
>KAV and McAfee have been doing this for quite awhile now. Besides
>Trojans and backdoors, some av vendors are obviously spreading out
>into all kinds of controversial-ware. The designation anti _virus_ is
>way out of date. These vendors produce anti-malware products.

Good comments, thanks. Anti-malware, you may have coined a phrase there.


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

[Jim Byrd]

If Anti-Malware's (AM) here, can Post-Malware (PM) be long behind?
(Probably not more than 12 hours)

--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In news:juq3mvg2kj8ck8mberfsn7mb9q861us7nk@4ax.com,
siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com> typed:
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:55:26 GMT, null@zilch.com wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:52:56 -0400, siljaline <siljaline@invalid.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/adware/
>>> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/expanded_threats/dialers/
>>
>> KAV and McAfee have been doing this for quite awhile now. Besides
>> Trojans and backdoors, some av vendors are obviously spreading out
>> into all kinds of controversial-ware. The designation anti _virus_ is
>> way out of date. These vendors produce anti-malware products.
>
> Good comments, thanks. Anti-malware, you may have coined a phrase
> there.