Microsoft vs. McAfee: How free antivirus outperformed paid

[Rik]

Stick around, Mitch, we'll soon train you up.

[zappaDPJ]

You too eh Zap

Spent many an hour ridding machines of that garbage but alas I didn't charge.

There's a huge amount of money to be made in data recovery as opposed to just returning the customer's machine in working order e.g. I overheard the shop who subs stuff out to me quoting £2,600 + VAT to a business a couple of weeks ago.

[pctech]

Does seem to be big business with all the various laws businesses now have to comply with.

[Rik]

We can recover all of your data, but not necessarily in the right order.

[pctech]

Indeed.

[armadillo]

I had a problem a couple of weeks back.I decided to use MSE for the first time.I was really surprised that it found 2 bugs that my so called other virus detector couldn't.Now i have it on constantly.

If you read my lecture  on statistics, you should not be surprised. You just happen to have two nasties which MSE happens to detect that your other AV did not.

[Simon]

I have to confess to having used Limewire, and have never had any problems with it, but I only used it for the odd music track, and never downloaded software from it, which is where, I guess, people get infected.

[pctech]

I have to confess to having used Limewire, and have never had any problems with it, but I only used it for the odd music track, and never downloaded software from it, which is where, I guess, people get infected.

Report to the firing squad!


Music labels have started to inject malware infected MP3s into the file sharing networks to catch such people out.

[Rik]

Wouldn't that be an offence under the misuse of computers act, Mitch?

[Simon]

I also didn't think mp3s could carry malware.   

[Rik]

Well, they are just bits, so anything is possible. Remember Sony's rootkits?

[Simon]

Indeed.

[pctech]

Wouldn't that be an offence under the misuse of computers act, Mitch?

Over here yes but not in Uncle Sam's backyeard I don't think.

[Rik]

Interesting jurisdiction issue with the web.