BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony BMG repents over CD debacle
"Sony BMG repents over CD debacle". Crocodile tears, anyone? The ones who should be repenting right alongside Sony are the antivirus software houses who cut a deal with Sony to let this atrocity slide by without warning.
Anti-virus/spyware/adware detection should be totally honest in reporting when some sleazy vendor is trying to slip something onto your system without proper notification, even if that sleazy vendor is one of the biggest media comapnies in the world, or some newly minted spyware cum "browser helper" scumball like Claria (formally Gator, one of the most reviled spyware perpetrators in the business).
The fact that these anti-virus companies are willing to give a pass to malware if the company pushing it is big enough (or, in Claria's case, litigious enough) puts their integrity and products in serious doubt.
But the one thing that stands out is this: all these schemes rely on Microsoft products being the weak link to allow your system to be invaded. If you don't run Redmond Crapware, you have little to worry about from these bad actors.
Linux is free; life is good.
Posted on December 13, 2005 04:02 PM