Re[2]: Re: Malware sharing? People are full of shit [was: Getyour computer viruses here!]

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005, Pierre Vandevenne wrote:

> Good Evening,
>
> NF> The longer he continues this farce, the less and less credibility his
> NF> claims, and his project, have...
>
> <adding oil to the fire>
>
> Not that I disagree, but let's also admit that the term "IT security
> researcher" or "AV researcher" is, in many cases, a farce as well.
> "technicians", "engineers", "specialist" would be more adequate but,
> except for "engineer" (a protected title in many places) they lack
> most of the aura of the "researcher" word.
>
> Introducing that word was probably the first marketing success of the
> A-V industry.
 
No, the first marketing success was convincing people that viruses exist. 
It wasn't easy, you know. One guy even had a proof that they don't. 

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