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rijelkentaurus

Feb 15, 2008
4:15 AM EST 		Nice advertisement for Sophos. :-|
jdixon

Feb 15, 2008
6:12 AM EST 		Yeah. No information whatsoever on how the virus is getting on the systems. you notice.
jhansonxi

Feb 15, 2008
4:14 PM EST 		Sophos must be getting desperate. Too many anti-malware companies to compete with and now Windows Live OneCare is cutting them off at the source.
tracyanne

Feb 15, 2008
4:30 PM EST
Quoting:No information whatsoever on how the virus is getting on the systems.


Yes there is, it gets in via Sophos's honey pots.
jdixon

Feb 15, 2008
7:47 PM EST 		> ...it gets in via Sophos's honey pots.

A deliberately weakened system designed to be easily attacked.

So, what makes them think it's getting onto any non-honey pot systems?
tracyanne

Feb 15, 2008
8:41 PM EST
Quoting:So, what makes them think it's getting onto any non-honey pot systems?


They don't..... they want you to think it does. Specifically they want you to think it gets into your system. It's actully well crafted fear campaign style ad, I tip my hat to them (well I would if I had one).

More important they want you to think they, and they alone, have the solution. Personally if i felt the need for AV, I'd use ClamAv, it's Free Software.

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