__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 04 May 2007 18:18 \__
> http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3134187&page=1
>
> [...]
>
> Often, just clicking on a Web site can initiate a
> download of unwanted material, particularly if the
> user has been lured to that site through a pop-up ad or
> "blot."
>
> Beaulier says the danger of getting unintended material
> "becomes more pronounced when computer users interact
> with other online users through peer-to-peer programs,
> or by downloading documents from newsgroups or chat
> rooms." The reason is that files on these sources
> appear only as a link with a name that may or may not
> reveal its content. But the user has to download the
> file before he can see what's in it.
>
> [...]
>
> This can affect Linux distros, though there's a lot more control.
> (Of course Microsoft's "security" is the wrong side of hopeless.)
>
> Welcome to the New World Order. Consider yourselves warned.
Ask one teacher who was going to go to jail due to pornographic popups.
Malware can affect a person's life significantly.
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