IBM report reviews Internet crime

Tue Feb 12 20:12:18 UTC 2008

michael.dillon at bt.com wrote: (removed cc)

> I was actually targeting this suggestion to those who
> currently distribute Internet Explorer kits. So it was
> more of a suggestion to not distribute the browser that 
> is most vulnerable. And if you make installation of
> Firefox a requirement to come out of quarantine, that
> does not imply that people need to uninstall their other
> browsers. This is to give them the experience of something
> new knowing that a certain percentage will continue using
> it and not be reinfected. And reducing reinfections cuts
> your costs of detection and blocking compromised PCs.

Then what about antivirus and antispyware. Why should one be favored 
over the other. How many providers are suggesting this. It has an 
outside view of product favoritism. Perhaps the marketing teams could 
suggest a few free ones e.g. Avast, AVG, Adaware. There is the potential 
to clean up a lot of the trash that comes in and out of the network but 
then what, I could see ISPs' call centers screening "I just installed 
AVG but I can't get it to work". Same goes for Firefox or any other 
product. Do you then look to support these.

I agree wholeheartedly that ISP's should step up to the plate 
considering their own resources are being abused and have the potential 
for some serious damage (imagine 70% of Cox, Comcast, TW being botnets 
aimed at your network). Sadly, this will be argued for a few more posts 
then deemed offtopic to be re-argued and unevaluated in the future.

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