__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Monday 29 January 2007 19:38 \__
> on Jan 2007 29 19:33:22 +0000 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices
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> I can't wait for the excuses from Amicus-FUDingTROLL ..
Speaking of excuses, how about this one?
Case at hand:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Microsoft's response:
UK police 'not prioritising cybercrime', Microsoft says
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| Microsoft critics will doubtless be quick to point out how
| insecurities in Microsoft's own software have supplied a
| fertile breeding ground for virus writers and hackers.
| Naturally enough, Microsoft prefers to emphasise the
| security improvements brought by Windows XP SP2 and Vista.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/uk_cybercrime_criticism/
I rest my case, your odor (sic).
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