Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 18 March 2008 07:56 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Full circle: How Microsoft is trying to eradicate email
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| There are millions of these systems out there, according to an article from
>>>| USA Today. Millions.
>>>|
>>>| The mainstream media consistently use the term "computers" when they make
>>>| forays into this realm. Yes, they are computers, but they're not just any
>>>| computer -- they are all running Windows. All of them. Let's not mince
>>>| words here: Botnets are comprised of compromised Windows systems. Thus,
>>>| Microsoft's massive security failures are at the very core of the spam
>>>| problem.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/016395.html
>>>
>>> The USA Today article said that ~40% of those Windows PC are zombies.
>>>
>>
>> It's taken a long time, but we're finally seeing a realistic
>> presentation of the problems resulting from Microsoft's appalling
>> approach (or lack of) to security. It would seem that the advertising
>> and marketing machine is no longer sufficiently influential to stop this
>> material from appearing and being taken very seriously indeed.
>
> I can recall writing about this here 2 years ago. The trolls denied it. The
> press kept quiet in order not to incite panic. Geer got sacked for saying this
> in a report because his firm had Microsoft connection (Microsoft attempts to
> suppress such information). More recently, Cerf spoke about it too.
>
> The cat is out of the bag. Surprisingly, this article from USA Today had many
> people shocked. They did not know about this (until now).
>
You're quite right, we've been discussing this here for a long time.
Several interesting facts, like the >> 200,000:7 ratio of Windows:Linux
viruses, with >> 200,000:0 for successful ones.
The facts, the *real* facts, are in reality quite damning. Not
something which Microsoft want the public at large to be thinking about
very much.
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