On 2006-02-01, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted something concerning:
> Linux users not so scared. Are you?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4661582.stm
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> PC users have been urged to scan their computers before 3 February
> to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus.
>
> On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint,
> Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines.
></quote>
>
> Judging by the last paragraph, that virus might be a blessing. Makes
> proprietary vanish...
Just /some/ of the proprietary. And it looks like it only gets the
troubling files that are created/downloaded, not the ones that caused
the problems to begin with.
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Windows: In what position would you like to be taken today?
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