On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:08:15 -0400 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The recent report by the CCIA gave us an academic viewpoint as to > why Windows is a blight on the Internet. > > This article provides a concrete example as to why Windows > machines should be disconnected from the Internet, quarantined, > and otherwise shut out, wherever possible, until MS decides to > take responsibility for this outrageous lack of security. > > http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60747,00.html > > Quote: > > "According to Tubul, his group controls 450,000 "Trojaned" > systems, most of them home computers running Windows with > high-speed connections. The hacked systems contain special > software developed by the Polish group that routes traffic between > Internet users and customers' websites through thousands of the > hijacked computers." > > -- > HaywireMac > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. > -- Stanley Kubrick > > Thanks for the link. I was in the middle of composing a rant for the openoffice list which is putrid with infected MSlop members. I would share it but fear being sentenced to time in OT. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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