__/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 28 February 2006 12:53 \__
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:49:38 +0000, Gordon wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:38:45 +0000, William Poaster wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:40:25 +0100, Roy Culley wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4755492.stm
>>>>
>>>> Computer viruses are the single biggest cause of security problems
>>>> for UK businesses, a survey by the Department of Trade and Industry
>>>> shows.
>>>>
>>>> The study found almost 50% of the biggest security breaches
>>>> suffered by companies in the last two years were due to infection
>>>> by malicious programs.
>>>>
>>>> In some cases viruses crippled key systems such as e-mail for more
>>>> than a day while companies cleaned up.
>>>>
>>>> It also found that the worst outbreaks can take up to 50 days to
>>>> fix.
>>>
>>> Surely the BBC should be pointing out that it is *Windows" computers
>>> they are talking about?
>>
>> I've just sent them an email telling them that.......
>
> So did ! <grin>
Windows? What's that? It's a PC. Everyone uses it. You have to be careful
about virus infections, malware and God forbid you have not gotten the
latest patched and snuck your tiny head through a professional firewall..
Person #1: "Excuse me ma'am/sir, what operating system does your computer
run?"
Person #2: "I don't know. What do you mean?"
It happens every day...
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