On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Ian C. Sison wrote:
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> It makes you wonder, who rips you off more, the virus maker or the
> company making the anti-virus software. Sheesh.
You can't measure the loss due to the virus. Like SirCam for example,
which is the cause of my recent evaluation of antivirus software. It will
reformat the victim hard drive (eventually).
But before that, it will overload your SMTP server, randomly delete stuff
from your drive, and possibly leak confidential information.
Multiply that by even 100 victims and you've got a LOT of damage. Actually
the $3/user/year pricing is quite cheap, PER USER. That's just 150 pesos!!
Divide that by 12 months, you get what, 13 pesos per month? you can tack
that onto their ISP bill. Cheap first-line insurance against virus
attacks, right?
But.. it all adds up. When you're talking five to six figures of users,
the total cash outlay is horrendous.
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