Does this product contravene UK consumer protection legislation?

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Oldwilliam wrote:
This seems to be a very useful software tool for patching/warning the home user about vulnerabilities and about malware such as trojans, but as it's labelled as an "anti-virus" product, and no-one has ever yet demonstrated the existence of a virus for a *nix-based operating system (or else they would have claimed the substantial prize offered for many years by Netproject for infecting a properly-configured Linux box with a virus!), does this product breach UK consumer protection legislation? It certainly claims, by implication, that *nix viruses exist, the truth of which Sophos would have to demonstrate publicly (e.g. to the Advertising Standards Authority) if a complaint was made.

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First of all, is this how you react to someone offering you something? Your first response to a free software product is to accuse who is offering it of something illegal?

Second point, what is this Netproject prize you are referring to? I'm not implying that it doesn't exist, I'd just like to know more about it.

Third, and I will answer this in two parts:

a) a anti-virus running on a Mac or Linux machine can also be useful for detecting Windows virus. Why is it? It is stopping you from spreading a malicious file to your friends, family or even to other machines inside your company.

b) while there aren't any virus TODAY for MacOS, there may be one or many TOMORROW. If by that time you already have a running, self-updating anti-virus, you are automatically protected. From the Mac free anti-virus product page: «As Apple computers grow more popular than ever, they're an increasingly-enticing target for hackers.»

Best regards,

Joao

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Oldwilliam wrote:
This seems to be a very useful software tool for patching/warning the home user about vulnerabilities and about malware such as trojans, but as it's labelled as an "anti-virus" product, and no-one has ever yet demonstrated the existence of a virus for a *nix-based operating system (or else they would have claimed the substantial prize offered for many years by Netproject for infecting a properly-configured Linux box with a virus!), does this product breach UK consumer protection legislation? It certainly claims, by implication, that *nix viruses exist, the truth of which Sophos would have to demonstrate publicly (e.g. to the Advertising Standards Authority) if a complaint was made.

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First of all, is this how you react to someone offering you something? Your first response to a free software product is to accuse who is offering it of something illegal?

Second point, what is this Netproject prize you are referring to? I'm not implying that it doesn't exist, I'd just like to know more about it.

Third, and I will answer this in two parts:

a) a anti-virus running on a Mac or Linux machine can also be useful for detecting Windows virus. Why is it? It is stopping you from spreading a malicious file to your friends, family or even to other machines inside your company.

b) while there aren't any virus TODAY for MacOS, there may be one or many TOMORROW. If by that time you already have a running, self-updating anti-virus, you are automatically protected. From the Mac free anti-virus product page: «As Apple computers grow more popular than ever, they're an increasingly-enticing target for hackers.»

Best regards,

Joao