Revisiting Sony's Rootkit

An interesting article from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Copy_Protection

Read it, scroll down and you’ll find:

The somewhat slow and incomplete response of some antivirus companies has, however, been questioned by Bruce Schneier "information security expert" at Counterpane and author of security bible Secrets and Lies. In an article for Wired News, Mr Schneier asks, "What happens when the creators of malware collude with the very companies we hire to protect us from that malware?" His answer is to use Linux and know what you are doing. [4]

Also: http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,69601,00.html

Thoughts?

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