Comments on: Malware: A Shift To Whitelisting http://www.pcmech.com/article/malware-a-shift-to-whitelisting/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SAPhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/malware-a-shift-to-whitelisting/comment-page-1/#comment-14657 SAP Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:46:43 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7869#comment-14657 If the user community is able to vouch for safe applications, how long will it be before a botnet is harnessed to vouch for unsafe applications?This is the opposite from the Cloudmark model, where a botnet that flagged spam messages as such would be welcomed! If the user community is able to vouch for safe applications, how long will it be before a botnet is harnessed to vouch for unsafe applications?

This is the opposite from the Cloudmark model, where a botnet that flagged spam messages as such would be welcomed!

]]> By: Floyd Bufkinhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/malware-a-shift-to-whitelisting/comment-page-1/#comment-14639 Floyd Bufkin Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:09:34 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7869#comment-14639 A little off topic, but I had a new "spam" experience yesterday. Somehow, someone posted an "event" to my Yahoo calender. And of course Yahoo calender automatically notified me by email of the upcoming "event". Now normally I would mark such a message as junk, but if I do that, it might block all of my notifications from my Yahoo calender. A little off topic, but I had a new “spam” experience yesterday. Somehow, someone posted an “event” to my Yahoo calender. And of course Yahoo calender automatically notified me by email of the upcoming “event”. Now normally I would mark such a message as junk, but if I do that, it might block all of my notifications from my Yahoo calender.

]]> By: SupaChalupahttp://www.pcmech.com/article/malware-a-shift-to-whitelisting/comment-page-1/#comment-14633 SupaChalupa Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:08:51 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7869#comment-14633 What security program would you use Dave? What security program would you use Dave?

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