Totally off the track, here, but seeing as I know a lot of you have
to deal with *shudder* Microsoft and Windows on a frequent basis,
you'll find this story amusing.
MS Anti Spyware flags Norton Antivirus as 'a malicious password stealer virus':
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/02/microsoft_antispyware_deleting_1.html
"Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who
also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent
update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a
password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
"According to several different support threads over at Microsoft's
user groups forum, the latest definitions file from Microsoft
"(version 5805, 5807) detects Symantec Antivirus files as
PWS.Bancos.A (Password Stealer)."
If you go to read the whole short article, I've added a lengthy
comment stating "Norton Antivirus *is* a virus, because it exhibits
all the hallmarks *of* a virus. Once it gets a foothold in your
system, it sits there chewing system resource after system resource,
and like any 'good' virus, is virtually impossible to remove from
your Windows without leaving the OS in a state of extreme fragility."
(Oh, and I also give the Mac a plug :))
Geoffrey
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