____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 18 March 2008 07:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Full circle: How Microsoft is trying to eradicate email
>>
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>>| 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).
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