Do Anti-Virus Companies Write Viruses?
from the say-what?? dept
I will admit that I can be very harsh on anti-virus companies for overhyping any sort of virus alert that comes along. However, I have never heard the rumor that these companies actually write and release the viruses themselves - and then stand ready to come to the rescue with their anti-virus products. It turns out that many people believe that anti-virus companies write many viruses for just that reason - like the deranged fireman who sets buildings on fire just so he can be a hero. As the person says in the article, were any company to actually do that, the news would get out, and it would completely destroy the company.
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If it is the anti virus companies that are writing the viruses, and the quality of the virus in incicitive of the quality of the software these anti virus companies produce, then their products would probably not be as adequate as they are. Unless of course, destroying your computer is what you WANT to do...
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Couldn't be further from the truth
There was an incident once where a network administrator forgot to update the DAT files on the email server and a virus made it into the internal email network from outside. Ironically, a lot of employees infected themselves and some of the people in their address books. Even so, the virus in that case originated outside the company. As you'd expect, the situation was taken very seriously and there were some pretty severe consequences for a lot of people.
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AVG scanner had a virus!!
adios
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Re: Couldn't be further from the truth
And yes, I do believe the AV companies are pumping these viruses out into the world because most of the newer viruses are annoyances that innundate networks, but do little harm to the pc. This is the perfect virus to motivate the corporate purchaser to continually pay large sums for the latest AV software.
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