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Story: Trend Micro: Antivirus industry lied for 20 years
Don't give noddy the root password
In Unixland that one user is root and generally it is considered wise not to give numpties that password. The average Joe user can then bumble along happily, perhaps infecting their own account, but not affecting the operating system itself.
Now, Unix and now Linux has been doing things this way for literally decades. Wintards will notice that things aren't done that way over their side of the fence ;-)
[dives for cover]
Andrew Meredith
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Story: Trend Micro: Antivirus industry lied for 20 years
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What's in the box and where is it located? Does it... fsmgroup -
So if Trend Micro and the AV industry lied for 20... ckensek
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don't hold out on it! harpless -
Yeah, just look at Microsoft and Vista..... rafal.michalski@o2.pl -
Unwise Moley
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Antivirus Crap dwr50
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Trend's logic Tom Espiner
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Gateway, Server, Firewall... The differe... fsmgroup
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The blame lies with Microsoft openhgs
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I have to agree... rafal.michalski@o2.pl
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Don't give noddy the root password Andrew Meredith -
Trend Micro: Antivirus industry lie... ator1940
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Haven't you heard..? CA
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Do we need aAV software at all anyway? Lezemore
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You must be very lucky Moley
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I'd go as far as to say ... Andrew Meredith
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what is a virus? - asks a cheeky mac user ;-) zahadum
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Someone's got to say it Andrew Meredith
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Keep smiling big boy... CA
