Do You Ever Wonder If Anti-Virus Software Companies CREATE VIRUSES??

[arwalden]

... you know... just to keep themselves in business?

[Neil Lisst]

1. Do drug companies start the panics over bird flu and such?

always possible

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. All the time. I've got this brand new laptop that I have barely installed

anything on that is acting up.

[LaurenG]

3. I think Norton may do the equivalent

by changing the registry and even when you remove their software the bugger makes changes to the registry that are impossible to get rid of so it pretty much acts as a virus, IMHO. x(

[dean_dem]

4. No, but I think they caused 9-11.

And shot Kennedy.

[ashling]

5. Hey, its just job security!

yeah, I wonder

[NashVegas]

6. My Engineer at Work Is SURE of It

The recent Wired article on Sony's DRM scandal is a GREAT case in point: this rootkit was leaving gaping holes in computer security for a year and all of the major Anti-V companies did NOTHING.