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Re: Beware that anti-virus software


From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:26:42 GMT

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- From how that article reads, and the fact that the also say
that "...The virus heavily compromised security of PCs and
laptops as it kept sending unsolicited email from the infected
computer,” said Mr Niraj Kaushik, country manager, Trend Micro,
India and Saarc," it would appear that the author got a little
confused.

I think he meant that the virus sent copies of e-mails, not the
antivirus, but who knows? It's a very confused article. :-)

- - ferg

- -- Nicolas FISCHBACH <nicolist () securite org> wrote:

Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
And what is the research organization you are pointing to? Source,
reference needed.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Beware_that_anti-virus_software/article
show/988139.cms

"C.Splinter" <C.Splinter () chello nl> wrote:
Beware that anti-virus software.

We discovered that the antivirus had, in fact, silently planted a
spyware that sent every copy of emails to another address from where it
was
being passed off to its competitors.

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--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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