__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Saturday 12 May 2007 02:17 \__
> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 11 May 2007 23:57 \__
>
>>
>>>
>>> | The vast majority exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet
>>> | Explorer browser to install themselves.
>>
>> Fascinating article. Now Google is solving problems caused by
>> Microsoft's browser.
>>
>> Here's something:
>> Quote:
>> ----------------
>> In a test, the researchers' computer was infected with 50 different
>> pieces of malware by visiting a web page hosted on a hijacked server.
>> ----------------
>> End quote
>>
>> Wonder what kind of server it was. Betcha it wasn't Linux. Wonder
>> what kind of computer got infected. Betcha it wasn't Linux.
>> (Certainly not if the infections required IE.)
>
> In some other Google news, the company listen to its shareholder when it
> comes to censorship, so it seems to be compromising its values in order to
> earn a buck. In defence, Larry Page says that the company uses Open Source
> software, as though that makes it innocent by definition. If censorship
> (information control) carries on, then Google (much like other search
> engines) will be remembered as a propaganda machine, or a company that
> supports these. They trult have a dilemma here.
^ y
Have a look at this:
http://websitedesign.toplisted.net/news.php?article=10
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