Monday, July 17, 2006

Proprietary Software is just not for Viruses, Botware and Malware Anymore

Slashdot | McAfee Blames Open Source for Botnets
"It seems that 'the Open Source Development Model' is to be blamed for the recent increase in botnet development. 'We're not taking aim at the open-source movement; we're talking about the full-disclosure model and how that effectively serves malware development,' the spokesman for McAfee says. Why not just blame the IRC Protocol? Or simply admit that Proprietary vendors cannot keep pace with the Open Source Model?"

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