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Comments on: Hackers seed malware on Indian anti-virus site

Better check if my machine's been compromised ... 

Posted Friday 8th February 2008 16:12 GMT

... oh no, wait, it's all right. Windows again. No problem.

heh 

Posted Friday 8th February 2008 17:56 GMT

Used to be one of the most common infection vectors - viruses on copies of anti-virus update disks.

I'm sure that's how I got b1

Ah yes it is being fine and dandily 

Posted Friday 8th February 2008 23:34 GMT

Alien

I called them to see if I had been compromised and all my servicings and internets are fixed or maybe better than normal which will make woindows go microsoft 2 times faster but maybe 4 times quicker if I am being running only on a tuesday or perhaps even maybe wednesday

And the obligatory conspiracy theory... 

Posted Monday 11th February 2008 03:32 GMT

Black Helicopters

...is that this was the work of US-based antivirus companies like Trend or McAffee, who could have sabotaged the site in protest at these third-world countries stealing all the programming jobs and working for 5c per hour. Or simply to discredit a foreign rival. Or something.

Mine's the one with the tinfoil beanie, poncho, gauntlets, facemask, leggings and socks...

It looks like a virus, smells like a virus.... 

Posted Monday 11th February 2008 10:13 GMT

Go

Bah!

Adopt the Glock internet security model; a Glock does not have a safety, you pull the trigger or you don't.

Paranoid 

Posted Monday 11th February 2008 12:03 GMT

Coat

Is this perhaps the first attempt to infiltrate an AV vendor’s development environment and leave a legacy for years to come?

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