Eugene Kaspersky is now personally defending your feet

Who's footing the bill?

Scaling new lows

Security used to be pants, now we've scaled new lows and now it's socks (or should that be "sucks"?)

Socknote

"Socknote"

Surely that should be "footnote"...

Clearly believes that this is the one and only way to cover the Achilles Heel of modern computer security.

Just what I need

For my kids Christmas Sock Puppet Show :-)

Kaspersky always goes in two-footed on malware

You could say Kaspersky is going in two-footed on malware...

Virus Alert:

Kaspersky antivirus has discovered infection HERPES ZOSTER at location RIGHT ANKLE and has shut down and quarantined RIGHT ANKLE as a safety precaution.

I think I already have Kaspersky installed since my last bout of shingles repeatedly shut down operations to my right knee. This lead to many not-quite-amusing leg collapsing moments.

Check your pockets...

Do the socks consume most of the wearers' system resources?

Are you connecting to TOR via SOCKS proxy?

No my feet just smell like onions.

Round and round we go

Further to the Sophos comment above, many moons ago I had a pair from Dr Solomon

Kaspersky Mocking Windows protection

Nice socks gimmick by Eugene Kaspersky, "... who sadly wasn't present last night) said next year will feature lots of malware and business will be good."

He was not referring to Apple MacOS, Linux, ChromeOS, but Microsoft which every day seems to entangle their software into more and more malware, and is a total morass.

Good that at least Kaspersky, Sophos, Symantec and others can still enjoy significant income - from Microsoft software disaster, even though "PC" tales are tanking each and every year.

You mean all AV companies don't do these?

I particularly like the Clippy ones

To wear these socks...

...you will need to do a re-boot.

Full house elf protection

Soooo u want anti virus protection do you feeble muggles, cried Vaspersky, lord of all system resources; soon you will be wanting your freedom too. Let's make a heal, virtues erm um viruses are everywhere, and no antivirus firm knows or pays for where they come from somewhat like magic, but here's a freebie that comes with a full free copy of your soul, errrr our software, with a life time contract erm wait that's worth a shed load of muggle pounds, give me a minute... (Screams are heard from a high tower containing a sleeping character, and a whirring is heard as old coasters/CDs are lathed) Right here are a pair or unvaluable socks, let them solve all/most/some/one of your needs, should you have small feet. Then in a puff of athletes foot spray a boy stepped out from behind the muggle, Tobby regismith (go on, you think of something better), a ha said he, displaying the mark on his head of he whom really whips the llamas ass ( old school iconography) by giving this poor muggle these socks, you have given him freedom, to choose another non free in a commercial environment product which disables the built in free antivirus.. Oh great said the muggle allready on the BYOD waving his wand at every boob he can see, the internet obviously being as safe as a flying pigwarts.

Obvious question:

How badly do these socks slow me down when I run?

Just proving

That Eugene sees himself as as bit of a leg end.

Non-interchangeable

Has anyone else noticed a trend in recent years for socks with a symbol/logo on one side? Presumably these are intended to be worn with the logo on the outside which means that you have perforce defined right and left socks. This goes against the idea that, even if they are put away folded together in the sock drawer, you don't have to worry which one goes on which foot while fumbling around getting dressed in the semi-darkness of a winter morning trying not to waken the still slumbering occupant of the bed.

So, no thanks. I perefer my socks ambidextrous (ambipodous?).

Size Eight?

I have always wondered how people with such small feet manage to stay upright in strong winds.

never on display

Since SOCKS performs on layer 5 (between Presentation and Transport) these will never be seen.

I've recently been working on a Winsocks application...

Didn't realise I could have got these to protect it.

So...

... will they stop me catching verrucas from my phone?

We 'ave ways of making you walk'

I would love to have these to add to my extensive collection of anti-virus footware.As I already have a pair of Solomon & Solomon[1] socks (sadly faded, as I got them in about 1990), the Kapersky socks would double the size of the museum.

[1] At an S&S presentation, we were told anyone who asked a question would get free socks. I asked "Does this count as a question?"