Sure, but presumably vulnerabilities exist in more or less all software? The
desire to crack them is that much greater in the case of MS for several
reasons:

1) Market saturation. So many people use these products that it may be more
'beneficial' to crack them.
2) Hatred of M$ and what it stands for.
3) Vulnerabilities are often well known, and have existed for years

w

-----Original Message-----
From: Zac Belado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 05 December 2001 16:15
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Hi


> If P-mail were as popular as Outlook, it would be targetted and exploited.
> You don't hear about Pegasus Mail viruses because it doesn't have the
> userbase that Outlook does.

Complete and utter rubbish.

Outlook, Windows Scripting and the entire Office macro system is riddled
with security holes and this has been the case for years. Microsoft built
the system, Microsoft made it insecure and Microsoft continues to ship apps
and system level options that are enabled by default making them prime
targets for exploitation by hackers.

It is MS that builds the insecure systems. Virus writers take advantage of
the vulnerabilities and problems in the system...they don't make them.

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