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On Cures That Are Worse than the Disease
George Smith, 2003-04-20

In which your columnist ponders the question, which is worst for the Internet: computer viruses, spam that advertises anti-virus products, or clueless anti-spam solutions.

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Irony, thy name is SecurityFocus (N/T) 2003-04-22
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Mr. Smith, I'm afraid your faith in peoples' lack of gullibility is not justified. I've been told of faculty members at a major university responing to a-v spam, only to discover that the businesses weren't even legitimate--they were con artists running short-lived Web sites from somewhere offshore, stealing credit card numbers.

As to the "disorder" motivating all this, it's really very simple: fear and greed.

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