> No one seems to be shouting at the moment, but there are a lot of people
> talking.
Some interesting replies on Roy's link
http://www.networkworld.com/research/2007/070607-botnets-side.html?fsrc=rss-security
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Botnet = computers running Microsoft Windows?
Submitted by Dave Lane (not verified) on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 7:48am.
I believe that the author decided that, for some reason, it wasn't
newsworthy to mention that pretty much all computers making up botnets
run some variant of Microsoft Windows. Computers running Linux or even
Mac OS X are far less vulnerable due to their security architecture.
As directory of a IT support business (specialising in Linux systems),
I have seen a few Linux machines compromised due to security
vulnerabilities in network applications like the FTP server or poorly
written web applications, but pretty much every MS Windows machine,
desktop or server, has fallen victim to viruses, trojans, and other
nasties, and many of them have (until we secured them) been part of
botnets. There is no doubt that Microsoft's poor design decisions (and
the fact that there are those willing to exploit them - Microsoft
hasn't done much to endear itself to people after all) are the root of
the problem.
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Re: Botnet = computers running Microsoft Windows?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/10/2007 - 10:58am.
It's not Politically Correct to mention that. I've been interviewed
several times about computer security and the interviewer inevitably
asks what people can do to make their computing more secure. When I
mention something that actually helps ("Don't run Windows, for pity's
sake!") that part is always cut out of the interview in favour of some
other "expert" who mouthes platitudes about keeping your anti-virus
software up-to-date and not opening "unknown" e-mails. Sigh.
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