__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 11 May 2007 23:57 \__
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>> | 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:
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> 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.
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