PDA

View Full Version : Norton Security Suite Rootkit


Heirloom
January 17th 06, 04:14 AM
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp

Well, for all those folks that need convincing that Norton "Security" just
ain't that secure.......have a peek at the above eWeek article.
Heirloom, old and as if bloatware were not
reason enough

Galen
January 17th 06, 08:46 AM
In ,
Heirloom had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp
>
> Well, for all those folks that need convincing that Norton "Security"
> just ain't that secure.......have a peek at the above eWeek article.
> Heirloom, old and as if bloatware were
> not reason enough

Get 'em! <g> The more you tell the more we can move off the silly malware
and get onto real protection and MAYBE get to use IQ versus .EXE for
security first and .EXE as a secondary precaution?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Shane
January 17th 06, 09:05 AM
"Galen" > wrote in message
...
> In ,
> Heirloom had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp
>>
>> Well, for all those folks that need convincing that Norton "Security"
>> just ain't that secure.......have a peek at the above eWeek article.
>> Heirloom, old and as if bloatware were
>> not reason enough
>
> Get 'em! <g> The more you tell the more we can move off the silly malware
> and get onto real protection and MAYBE get to use IQ versus .EXE for
> security first and .EXE as a secondary precaution?
>

Jeez, you're optimistic, aincher?

--
Shane


------------------------------------
The Sugitive

Ch. 1: http://tinyurl.com/bcevp
Ch. 2: http://tinyurl.com/ag92o
Ch. 3: Coming to an URL near you soon!
------------------------------------

Galen
January 17th 06, 09:55 PM
In ,
Shane had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> "Galen" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In ,
>> Heirloom had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp
>>>
>>> Well, for all those folks that need convincing that Norton
>>> "Security" just ain't that secure.......have a peek at the above
>>> eWeek article. Heirloom, old and as
>>> if bloatware were not reason enough
>>
>> Get 'em! <g> The more you tell the more we can move off the silly
>> malware and get onto real protection and MAYBE get to use IQ versus
>> .EXE for security first and .EXE as a secondary precaution?
>>
>
> Jeez, you're optimistic, aincher?

If I wasn't optimistic then I'd have nothing else to be. You've got to have
hope when it comes to this sort of stuff. ;)

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

Shane
January 18th 06, 02:51 PM
"Galen" > wrote in message
...
> In ,
> Shane had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> "Galen" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In ,
>>> Heirloom had this to say:
>>>
>>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>>
>>>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1910077,00.asp
>>>>
>>>> Well, for all those folks that need convincing that Norton
>>>> "Security" just ain't that secure.......have a peek at the above
>>>> eWeek article. Heirloom, old and as
>>>> if bloatware were not reason enough
>>>
>>> Get 'em! <g> The more you tell the more we can move off the silly
>>> malware and get onto real protection and MAYBE get to use IQ versus
>>> .EXE for security first and .EXE as a secondary precaution?
>>>
>>
>> Jeez, you're optimistic, aincher?
>
> If I wasn't optimistic then I'd have nothing else to be. You've got to
> have hope when it comes to this sort of stuff. ;)
>

Yes, I think that comes as close of warranting the description of being
*durn tootin'* as anything I'm aware of!

--
Shane


------------------------------------
The Sugitive

Ch. 1: http://tinyurl.com/bcevp
Ch. 2: http://tinyurl.com/ag92o
Ch. 3: Coming to an URL near you soon!
------------------------------------