Samizdata - 12:52 am on Jun 14, 2008 (gmt 0)

AVG are interested in security

Then they should read WebmasterWorld and not The Register.

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The article says:

1. AVG LinkScanner can be detected by user-agent (details supplied).

2. It can be fooled by feeding it a dummy file (example site given).

3. Further details are available on WebmasterWorld (for those who need them).

I suspect that most malware distributors already know this.

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The article does not say:

1. Those who rely on AVG LinkScanner for security are being misled.

2. Any malicious site can fool it and deliver them to a drive-by download page.

3. LinkScanner is actually a security risk and makes AVG look incompetent.

I suspect that Grisoft don't understand this yet.

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[edited by: Samizdata at 12:56 am (utc) on June 14, 2008]