Grisoft's AVG anti-virus has been high on our recommended list for a long time and their new rootkit detector will join the list.
It's going to be interesting what we see when customers start using it. Our suspicion is that rootkits are far more widely distributed than many people think.
My view is the bad guys have been winning the malware war for some time. I've noticed a lot of spyware infections seem to have been getting more subtle recently. I'm sure this is not a good thing.
We'll be recommending this to all our customers in our newsletter this month.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Choosing the wrong Internet plan
The story of Andrew Boughton, a Rose Bay businessman who got a thousand dollar bill for his $30 a month Internet service, is not surprising to any of us who regularly deal with Internet users.
The simple fact is subscribers to these plans are giving a blank cheque to their Internet provider.
In my view, these low limit, high excess use fee plans are immoral: They are designed to separate the least informed consumers from their money.
A relative of mine was told by her school that she needed a broadband connection to do her homework. We'll put aside the fact this is a state high school in a disadvantage area for a future post. Her family's first thought was one of these plans.
Luckily they were put straight very quickly on these plans and signed up with another provider that offers capped plans: Once they go over the monthly limit, the connection is slowed.
These plans are the only ones families and businesses on a budget should consider. Anything else is a recipe for disaster.
Another interesting point in this story is Bigpond reimbursed his account. We see this a lot with Telstra: If you push them, they'll refund your money.
I suspect they know these "cheap" plans are unfair.
The simple fact is subscribers to these plans are giving a blank cheque to their Internet provider.
In my view, these low limit, high excess use fee plans are immoral: They are designed to separate the least informed consumers from their money.
A relative of mine was told by her school that she needed a broadband connection to do her homework. We'll put aside the fact this is a state high school in a disadvantage area for a future post. Her family's first thought was one of these plans.
Luckily they were put straight very quickly on these plans and signed up with another provider that offers capped plans: Once they go over the monthly limit, the connection is slowed.
These plans are the only ones families and businesses on a budget should consider. Anything else is a recipe for disaster.
Another interesting point in this story is Bigpond reimbursed his account. We see this a lot with Telstra: If you push them, they'll refund your money.
I suspect they know these "cheap" plans are unfair.
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