At 03:18 AM 10/12/02 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I realize this is more than a little OT and probably wasting some people's >time -- so I apologize in advance -- but I just couldn't resist. Of all >the weird things I've seen on the M-List (and there have been plenty), >accusing Symantec of creating new viruses in order to sell their own >products is one of the nuttiest . . . right up there with the Frass >meteorite even!
Hello Geoff and List Members, I have an associate that used to work as a security advisor for an anti-virus software company other than Symantec. He told me that this particular (and left nameless here) company had a policy of paying their customers a $50.00 finders fee for every new virus they sent in for recognition and analysis. It turned out that several of the companies programers were creating new viruses in their spare time and turning them in for the reward money. From the outside looking in, it might appear that some impropriety was taking place, but it certainly wasn't the company itself that was creating the problem. A software giant like Symantec would not risk their reputation and their future by creating new viruses just to sell more of their products. John Gwilliam ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
