tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33666125.post507397595691905900..comments2023-10-11T03:13:26.645-07:00Comments on Geek News: CheckFree Hijacked, Used To Spread Malicious SoftwareRichard M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08853488913177315685noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33666125.post-50948592897964824422008-12-04T07:50:00.000-08:002008-12-04T07:50:00.000-08:00So, according to this article, CheckFree KNOWINGLY...So, according to this article, CheckFree KNOWINGLY allowed its customers to be subjected to malware downloads for over 5 hours and provided NO notification to individuals and corporations doing business with them.<BR/><BR/>This is unconscionable behavior. They should be held legally liable for the expense of cleaning up individual PC's as well as the expenses of PR campaigns that need to be taken by their corporate customers that re-sold their service.<BR/><BR/>I do believe that individual users should be responsible for keeping up to date Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and other security measures in place. But, <B>someone in this company made a conscious decision to withhold this information from its business partners.</B> Given that, there should be repercussions for their actions. At the very least, I hope that they lose customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com