I wrote a response this morning: http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/samsung-laptops-do-not-have-keylogger.html
Alex From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention I find fault with both. :) I agree with you. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention Oh, I agree, but you seem to be finding fault with the tool. I find fault witht he professional using the tool. It seems to me, that many of us forget to test for repeatability, and fewer know how to do to that properly. My opinion of a security research trying to make a name for himself, and there's no doubt that's what this episode was all about, should have enough intellectual rigor to attack the problem from all angles before "publishing" findings. If I'm a client of NetSec Consulting (firm he founded), and I catch wind of this, I won't be a client for very long. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote: The challenge/issue here is that every AV has false positives. Most of them, however, don't get written up and /.'ed. The original author should've tested with multiple engines. And, as Vipre starts to play with the big boys, they are going to get "big-boy" levels of attention... Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/> From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com<mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com>] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention Has someone had a career changing event? On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> wrote: And it's easily possible to reproduce with Vipre... It's a false alarm. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/samsung_keylogger_rumour_debunked/ Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/> From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com<mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com>] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention Samsung denies, according to their blog: http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/1071 Cheers Ken From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com<mailto:asbz...@gmail.com>] Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2011 7:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Samsung keylogger with Vipre mention Nothing substantiated as yet, however. ASB (Professional Bio<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Technology Services that Maximize Business Results... 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