Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 20:11 GMT
Hmm. Being the cynical person that I am, I have to look at which scenario is more profitable to Kaspersky. Is it "mild warning" or is it "fear and panic"? So they couldn't do the fear and panic in their "official" warning system, but I wouldn't put it past a eager marketing exec (ie: lying, cheating, unethical scumbag) to try to generate as much "fear and panic" as possible.
Posted Wednesday 28th January 2009 20:22 GMT
...isn't scaremongering just good old-fashioned marketing?
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
Python is not hard to get installed, there are wrappers so you can produce a python executable if you will, py2exe, shoddy work by the crackers there to rely on python being installed, or was it, perhaps it is a py2exe number.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
If someone believed their story and lost revenue, man hours, turned off their phone etc...
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
well, it sells "news" papers and government policies, so.....................
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
I saw the story and the Aussie mainstream press are a bunch of tards, just look at the constant stories that we need to do our national service by buying pallets of plastic dog s-hit made in china to keep the national economy afloat.
Maybe I'm crazy but no mention of buying locally produced goods to keep and create jobs, just spend spend SPEND!
I won't even mention the constant stories that now is the best time to slap all your $$$ into houses and shares written by people with a vested interest in these markets......ooops I think it just did
Mines the one with the shopping list of imported crap I don't need in the pocket
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
You have to be smart enough to know what Python is and want to install it...and then dumb enough to click yes when it asks if you want to get shafted???
They didnt think this virus through methinks.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
".To be very clear: This infection can only happen if the user has already installed a Python interpreter (if you don't know what that is, then be assured that you haven't installed one)"
This is the sentence that should have been dubbed "bollocks" for sure. Theres plenty of M$ users out there who dont realise that an installer is installing another app that it requires, they aren't even reading anything other than the "next" button.
Paris, cos she always knows when a python is installed.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 01:12 GMT
I have to say I really like this idea - it makes sense from the banks' view too that it is best to have users properly protected from online threats that could relate to their banking.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 05:51 GMT
As are all TV news networks.
Posted Thursday 29th January 2009 10:57 GMT
I got my current Kaspersky license from my bank. They do these promotions so often that I basically don't pay for AV software anymore. I already have 2 years worth of valid KAV keys from Barclays. Last year it was F-Secure, so its not crap stuff either.
Posted Friday 30th January 2009 14:13 GMT
Not to be contradictory or anything, but I have the distinct feeling that it's a sight more difficult to get something installed on a phone than it is to get something installed on a PC.
PC's are just begging to have stuff installed, and there are still loopholes that canget stuff installed without even knowing it.
I don't see phones having the same issues - at least, no phone that doesn't have a Windows interface. If it's a Microsoft-driven phone, then sorry, but all bets are off.
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