Symantec Hopes To Deliver Anti-Virus Online

daria42 writes "Symantec today said it will slowly move towards supplying its consumer applications online as services." From the article: "Sykes also said there was the possibility that tiny pieces of an application or a single virus scan could be resold by organisations such as online banks, which may choose to ensure their customers are not infected with a virus or spyware before they log on to their account ... This could be paid for by the customer using their credit card or by adding it to their mobile phone bill by sending a text message, said Sykes, who warned that banks could decide not to provide access to anyone with an infected computer."

In communist Russia...

[spazmolytic666]

the viruses scan you!

Re:Uh, no thanks...

[Xugumad]

"Your registry has 42 errors!"

Yikes, I'm on a Mac, I'm suprised it's only 42 :)

Re:a waste of money

[Rialtus]

...where they go and buy Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh [symantec.com].

4 Steps to Profit:

[amcdiarmid]

Step 1: Hack Bank & have $rand clients told they are infected; Redirect to fake Norton Site.

Step 2: Take Credit information, infect client PC; churn disk for a while

Step 3: Make ~$5 per client suckered

Step 4: Rent out infected PCs for $$$$$$