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[News] [Rival] Every Microsoft Windows PC is Potential Zombie

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Microsoft stuffs sysadmins' stockings with critical patches

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| System administrators look like having a busy time in the run-up to Christmas 
| as they digest and test the eight security bulletins that Microsoft expects 
| to release next Tuesday. Six of the bulletins are rated critical.  
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22100/53/

Why Does Microsoft Always Get A Free Pass? Why Does Big Business Reek So Badly?

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| So my guess it's very widespread and they don't want to admit just how bad it 
| is. But there is one fact that becomes apparent to the tech-educated reader 
| with the wit to look up little clues dropped in those stories like 
| breadcrumbs-- such as SillyFDC and agent.btx-- it's all Windows computers 
| that are affected. And yet in all of those news stories I read, not one 
| single story said this. The closest any of them came to naming names was this 
| ZDNet article:      
| 
|     "Our military is dependent upon commodity desktops whose software shares 
|     an enormous amount of DNA with systems that sit on every workplace in the 
|     planet"   
| 
| A masterpiece of weasel-wording. Is Microsoft's grip on the news media that 
| tight? Why isn't this a huge scandal? Weird-looking old ladies with thick 
| shoes trying to catch their planes are not threats to this country's 
| security, though they are treated as such, but Windows is a proven threat, 
| and yet Microsoft gets a free pass.     
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/opinions/6605/1/

Virtually Every Windows PC at Risk, Says Secunia

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| More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, 
| and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack, a Danish 
| security company said Wednesday.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/154944/every_pc_at_risk.html?tk=rss_news


Days ago:

Symantec Sees Spike in Dangerous Microsoft Attacks

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| Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be
| targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an
| analysis that some other security companies disputed Friday.
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| Symantec raised its Threat Con security alert level from one to two because
| of the attacks, with two denoting "increased alertness." But other vendors,
| including Arbor Networks and McAfee, said they were seeing no such activity.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/154365/.html?tk=rss_news

Fake Windows “Antivirus” Code Infected 1 Million Computers

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| Even with Windows 7 in pre-Beta stage, Microsoft is emphasizing the need for
| end users to run security software with the operating system, indicating that
| it is working with members of the industry in order to have the first
| antivirus products tailored for the Windows client as early as the Beta
| development milestone. Fact is that the necessity to install security
| solutions is valid for all Window operating systems, not just Windows 7, but
| at the same time, there are some antivirus products that users need to steer
| clear of. Just in November, Microsoft contributed to removing malicious code
| posing as Windows antivirus solutions from approximately 1 million computers
| worldwide.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fake-Windows-Antivirus-Code-Infected-1-Million-Computers-98471.shtml


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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