On 7 Apr 2005 14:26:06 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "AvianFlux"
<neomoniker@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for that, Jay T. I think I learned something today.
[snip]

Then it is a good day.

> While it may
> be true in the extreme sense that you can't trust online antivirus
> scanners, when you get right down to it, the very same could be said
> for the resident antivirus apps. people install and trust.
>
[snip]

It's not so much about trusting the AV vendor or program, online or otherwise.
It's about trusting _your_machine_ -- which at that point, you *can't*.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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