> -----Original Message----- > Google News gives me one hit for "downadup" (in Turkish) and 249 hits > on "downandup" (mostly in English). But you have far more experience with > malware than I so Turkish it is. You tell those other pubs to > straighten up.
Here's what I got: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,740,000,000 for downadup. (0.26 seconds) http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aoffi cial&channel=s&hl=en&q=downadup&btnG=Google+Search PEBCAK. Now stop annoying Google. > Infection estimates now at 10,000,0000 and "spreading fast." I've read about this estimate and this number was derived from looking at results in the worm's code itself, making this calculation dubious. I'd place that number somewhere between WAG and spot-on. What's odd about the percentages of OS versions in the article I linked to is how much of it is Windows XP SP2, which turned on the firewall and auto-updates by default. That tells me that the users of these machines received them either very poorly configured or they themselves intentionally disabled these security components. Of course, the infection effort fails if you: A) Don't run as admin, and B) Don't have a pathetically easy-to-guess admin password, or C) Patch your system > Just close your eyes, click you heels together, and recite "Windows is > double plus good. There is nothing to worry about." I did that and when I opened my eyes, there was my Windows 7 Beta (and its betta). Mmmm, mmmm good. Looking forward to the RTM version! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
