Beyond Rootkits: World's First Standalone Kernel Mode Bot?

Beyond Rootkits: World's First Standalone Kernel Mode Bot?
Well, what can I say, I've never been a true fan of firewalls, after my early days of Zone Alarm, then switching from Sygate, to Kerio, and then to Outpost within a week or two's time. Out of the firewalls I tried, I had the most success with Outpost, but it's headed down the road of Norton and Zone Alarm - bloated full of pointless features, and trying to 'cover all bases' so-to-speak. What happened to the days of having one TINY application for each task you required? Now we have firewall features to manage COOKIES, spyware, viruses, and even "securely" delete files, and "watch" our personal information so it doesn't get leaked to prying eyes.

Lesson learned, uninstall those supposed "precious" firewalls, free those pointless system resources, practice safe computing, and stay away from dodgy websites, and only download programs from trusted sources. No need for a firewall, a hardware/NAT router (read:linksys router), with Window XP Sp2 firewall does just fine. And, you won't be woken up at night, or greeted in the morning with "OMG YOU WERE ATTACKED 431 TIMES! Buy our software to stay protected bettar!".