[Leaplist] Slightly OT: We're not dealing with amateurs here.

[John Simpson]

On 2008-01-10, at 0247, Phil Barnett wrote:
>
> Only here because we'll have to deal with it in our everyday lives...
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9056378&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top

amateurs... meaning the talented but misguided authors of the rootkit,  
or the "geniuses" who write anti-virus programs which don't bother to  
check boot blocks?

viruses have been installing themselves in boot records for YEARS...  
why is it news when a rootkit starts doing it?

shame on you, symantec, mcafee, AVG, kaspersky, sophos, and all of the  
rest.

and shame on you, microsoft, for writing such a shoddy excuse for an  
"operating system" to begin with.

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