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[News] [Rival] XP SP3 Problems Persist, Almost 1 in 2 Windows PCs is a Zombie

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Readers Respond to Microsoft XP SP3 Difficulties

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| eWEEK readers report the problems they encountered installing Windows XP SP3 
| on HP desktops with AMD processors. 
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Readers-Respond-to-Microsoft-XP-SP3-Difficulties/

This following fight is a lost cause. It's a matter of statstics:

Information Assurance: National Security’s New Front Line

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| Nowadays, few would ever consider using the Internet "unprotected" without a 
| reliable anti-virus software and firewall solution installed on their PC 
| networks. Yet most people, including government operatives, are visiting Web 
| sites equally unprotected in other ways, and exposing their IP addresses and 
| network identifies to the organizations that run them.    
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=1135

Those that want security must make a start by embracing *NIX (proper design).
It's not about hiding IP addresses (obscurity).


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
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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