From Intel's labs: Virus hunters and power savers

TERRIBLE IDEA: 1) hard coding anit-virus means you can't undo or upgrade it. If viruses are anything they're adaptable and always changing - not to mention they exploit "built-in features" which leads us to the other reason this is a TERRIBLE IDEA.

2) Now we've given virus writers an open door to take all our PC's offline, and don't say a PC will go offline before it can spread it because there's nothing keeping all PC's on a network from receiving a broadcast virus simultaneously - not to mention sleeper viruses that don't actually infect the computer until a given time.

Anti-virus should stay in software. Automatically taking a PC offline when a virus is detected empowers virus writers with yet one more way to render a network unusable.; Posted by: daver_z Posted on: 08/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Neat Concept itanalyst | 08/25/05

Interesting, but... woot! | 08/25/05

right, and as an added bonus.,,, linuxoverwindows | 08/25/05

yes .... gary.douglas@... | 08/25/05

A few problems stan@... | 08/25/05

TERRIBLE IDEA daver_z | 08/25/05

Err... Malik_z | 08/25/05

Also IT Scion | 08/25/05

Brilliant???? stan@... | 08/26/05

typical traffic patterns? DStrick64 | 08/26/05

Traffic patterns stan@... | 08/26/05

That's an unknown IT Scion | 08/29/05

Re: No typical patterns IT Scion | 08/29/05

RE: Also nightshade0143 | 08/27/05

Actually no IT Scion | 08/29/05

Not sure it works pgloor | 08/26/05

Virus Hunting Chipsets walterreads@... | 08/27/05

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