Comments on: Eye on Microsoft: Failed Products, Security Issues, and “7” Sins http://techrights.org/2008/10/17/failed-products-security-issues/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/10/17/failed-products-security-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-28368 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:14:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/17/failed-products-security-issues/#comment-28368 Bogdan, here is the article I had in mind: Schneier: Lots of Security Software Is 'snake Oil' http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144938/schneier_lots_of_security_software_is_snake_oil.html Bogdan, here is the article I had in mind:

Schneier: Lots of Security Software Is ‘snake Oil’
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144938/schneier_lots_of_security_software_is_snake_oil.html

]]> By: Bogdan Bivolaru http://techrights.org/2008/10/17/failed-products-security-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-28367 Bogdan Bivolaru Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:10:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/17/failed-products-security-issues/#comment-28367 "Bruce Schneier says that a lot of anti-virus software is just ’snake oil’." Could you provide the link to that, please? This would allow me to promote Linux better. I know that first hand: I had a chronic infestation of malware on my Windows XP PC with updated antivirus software. After a fresh install of Windows it would have run nicely for a period and then it would slow down and spy on my browsing habits. I got annoyed as the period it would run nicely was growing smaller with each reinstall of the OS. “Bruce Schneier says that a lot of anti-virus software is just ’snake oil’.”
Could you provide the link to that, please? This would allow me to promote Linux better.
I know that first hand: I had a chronic infestation of malware on my Windows XP PC with updated antivirus software. After a fresh install of Windows it would have run nicely for a period and then it would slow down and spy on my browsing habits. I got annoyed as the period it would run nicely was growing smaller with each reinstall of the OS.

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