Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm?(krebsonsecurity.com)
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Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm?
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/11/infamous-hacker-heading-chinese-antivirus-firm/
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I think fundamentally the issue is one of accountability and trust. The company being unwilling to disclose the name of its chief executive or its true physical location is (and should be) a major red flag. That same company is also offering a product that once installed will have complete access to a user's computer and data. To me at least this is enough to call the legitimacy of the company into question.
Come on guys, would you install an antivirus package from a company that purports to be run out of this storefront?
http://twitpic.com/bd8nyj/full
“The person who runs anvisoft company is not worth mentioning because he is unknown to you. Yes, the company is located at Canada. 5334 Yonge Street, Suite 141, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6V1, Canada.”
http://twitpic.com/bd8nyj/full
“The person who runs anvisoft company is not worth mentioning because he is unknown to you. Yes, the company is located at Canada. 5334 Yonge Street, Suite 141, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6V1, Canada.”
I don't understand what the controversy is about. Who better to work on anti-virus software than an former virus writer? They know the enemy, so to speak.
Because not every criminal can become a Frank Abagnale. It's very possible that Withered Rose is legitimate now, but the reluctance to install his code is not unreasonable.
once hacker, always hacker^^
This sort of thing is what keeps the myth of antivirus companies being the ones creating all the damn viruses going.
“The person who runs anvisoft company is not worth mentioning because he is unknown to you.”
Now that is customer service.
Now that is customer service.
Answering that question would be a lot harder. Is Semantic really being run by the CIA? Sure there are tinfoil types will say they do, but seriously?
A long time ago I was talking to some folks about running x86 'emulators' on SPARC for a product that would let you run PC programs on Sun Workstations. One of the 'side' businesses that such an endeavor enabled was sharing how various copy protection schemes worked with folks who were interested in providing workarounds. I could believe that a state sponsored Antivirus company would pass on details of zero days they got by watching other things try to break into systems they were on.