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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Harbours Spammers, SPAM

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Spamhaus: Microsoft Now 5th Most Spam Friendly ISP

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| The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one 
| being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. 
| Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and 
| livefilestore.com properties to redirect visitors to sites that peddle fake 
| pharmacy products, porn and Nigerian 419 scams.    
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/

Kernel vulnerability found in Vista

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| A flaw in Vista's networking has been found that can crash the system, but no 
| fix is expected until the next service pack 
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10106173-83.html


Related:

Microsoft is the world's biggest cause of zombie remailers

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| In China, it would take about one and one-half years wages (for the
| average Chinese) to buy a legitimate copy of Windows Vista. If you
| could find it here.
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| Microsoft is the biggest cause of zombie remailers in the world,
| because they make noises, but do not do anything to address the
| real digital inequities in the world.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38202


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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