On Jul 2, 2005, at 6:44 PM, The Real Seed Catalogue wrote:

Since then, I've been hit twice more. Once was only a couple of years ago, I think on 8.5 (or was it still 7.5.5? - which was pretty good really) . This was an evil ***er that lurked in your system and only trashed the HD if you booted at a certain time of a certain day of a certain month.

<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39200021,00.htm>

50% chance it will take 12 min to be compromised, with a regular Windows box. 8000 new viruses in 2005 alone.

Preaching to the choir, I know......

B



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