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PC virus forces three London hospitals into computer shutdown
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| Three London Hospitals shut down their computer systems on Tuesday in
| response to a computer virus infection.
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| The infection at Barts and London Trust was reportedly caused by the Mytob
| worm, which contains built-in spyware functionality. Mytob spreads by email
| and has the ability to plant backdoor software on compromised Windows PCs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/18/london_hospital_malware_shutdown/
The hospitals should be forced off Windows immediately. It will happen again
and again.
Related:
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
French hospital migrates to OpenOffice.org
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| According to this French article, the French hospital of Thiers is migrating
| its 150 desktops to OpenOffice.org in order to spend money on training
| instead of licenses.
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http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/french_hospital_migrates_to_openoffice
Microsoft Exchange dumped for Linux-based clone
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| After conducting an evaluation of alternatives, the hospital decided not to
| upgrade to a newer version of Exchange. Instead, it went with a Linux-based
| Exchange clone that it felt could meet the needs of its 700 users without
| forcing them and IT to learn a whole new system.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/052808-microsoft-exchange-linux-clone.html
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