PC stripper helps spam to spread
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| Spammers have created a Windows game which shows a woman in a state of
| undress when people correctly type in text shown in an accompanying image.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7067962.stm
eBay tried to poretray Linux as a culprit (and got slammed for it).
The MSBBC said "Windows game". It no longer gives the impression
that "computer" == "Windows".
The whole situation has shades of:
Iowa antitrust case: Microsoft exec called software developers 'pawns'
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| A Microsoft Corp. technical evangelist referred to independent software
| developers writing for Windows and the company's other software platforms
| as "pawns" and compared wooing them to convincing someone to have a one-night
| stand, according to testimony presented Friday against Microsoft in an
| ongoing antitrust case in Iowa.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007527&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8
Related:
The end of Windows, or a security expert gives up
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| And then go and warn others to do the same. Windows is defeated - its days
| are over. It carries the worm inside. So whatever will happen next: RIP,
| Windows.
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=456
Gathering 'Storm' Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets
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| Although it's most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a
| Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It's also the most successful
| example we have of a new breed of worm, and I've seen estimates that between
| 1 million and 50 million computers have been infected worldwide.
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http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2007/10/securitymatters_1004
Security expert: Storm botnet 'services' could be sold
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| "This effectively allows the Storm author to segment the Storm botnet into
| smaller networks," Stewart wrote in his blog post. "This could be a precursor
| to selling Storm to other spammers, as an end-to-end spam botnet system,
| complete with fast-flux DNS and hosting capabilities. If that's the case, we
| might see a lot more of Storm in the future."
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6213781.html
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