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Sophos hits back at ‘scaremongering’ accusations

A chief executive has accused security companies such as Sophos and McAfee of purposely hyping up the IT security threat.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 4 Feb 2009 at 15:49

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McAfee refused to comment, while PineApp couldn’t be reached by the time of writing.

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Watch the video, before deciding if its scaremongering or not

Because it sure doesn't seem like scare mongering to me:

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/02/03/watch-video/

By grahamcluley on Wednesday Feb 4

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I'll belive that so-called security firms like Sophos and McAfee are serious about software security when they recommend installing a Linux system and provide links to sites like Ubuntu.

Until that time they are part of the Windows malware industry.

By Ip_CBNorrieca81b on Wednesday Feb 4

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