crypto locker on linux would work if someone exicuted it but then that would be a user fail like most people who get infected from going to the wrong sites and clicking crap...
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please can we have some specific instances of Windows causing problems. > > Not unqualified people at home or students but real production > environments > > with qualified support on hand. > > I used every version of windows from 1 to 10. yes XP and millennium too > > > > It is susceptible to MalWare of all types. We had some XP embedded thin > clients that got attacked by Confiker but of course they were clean after a > re-boot > > but the main reason Linux and Apple isn't attacked is because there are > many > more window systems, although I read somewhere Apple devices were being > targeted because Apple users had more cash.. > I see Apple has been hit by Ransom Ware... > > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/07/apple-targeted-by-kerange > r-ransom-malware-for-first-time > > I can't see why Crypto Locker could work on ANY Linux or BSD box.... > > > I wrote time and mission critical food distribution related software for > the ten > > years before I retired in vb and then vb.net (oo) I would have seen > just > about > > every possible bug in windows and in developing applications under it. > > > > Lets hear what others experienced. > > Sorry I know I have already said but generally very reliable. Some issues > where call centre staff on XP were allowed to surf the web as > administrators... > ... conficker was a real problem > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker > > > > > > > Rod > > > > > Dave > G4UGM > >