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Report: Conficker worm bites University of Utah
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| More than 700 computers at the University of Utah have been infected with the
| Conficker worm.
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| The hit includes computers at the university's three hospitals, the
| Associated Press reported early Sunday.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10217683-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers
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| University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the
| Conficker worm, which can slow computers and steal personal information, was
| first detected Thursday. By Friday, the virus had infiltrated computers at
| the hospitals, medical school, and colleges of nursing, pharmacy and health.
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http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/scitech/2009/04/12/D97GPM6G0_computer_virus/index.html
Recent:
Conficker affected me... though I don't use Windows
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| I hadn't thought about it for a while, but given the recent Conficker
| outbreak, I got to rethink of the whole thing again. Now.... there was
| something that bothered me A LOT.... and it still does (though I'm not
| working with them anymore, I still feel like I'm a part of the family). They
| are still developing applications in-house using proprietary frameworks tied
| to Windows. And here is why it bothers me: They have invested and continue to
| invest time (hence money.. public money, should I add) on getting themselves
| tied to one proprietary platform. Every line of code that they add up to
| their already enormous code stack is another line of code that ties them even
| tighter to Windows. And that's sad. What's done is done.. there's not much
| they can do about the code they have already written... but they could be
| changing the languages they use to develop their applications that could
| allow them to move to another platform if they so wished later on (doing it
| gradually). When I was about to leave, the head of development quit his job
| as well... and that would have been (probably) the best moment to make a push
| for multiplatform languages, but unfortunately I was quiting as well so there
| was no change in development frameworks.
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| It hurts me to see one organization that I care so much about tied to that
| security hole disguised as an operating system that's Windows. And even more
| that they still don't take the necessary measures to try to get out of that
| platform, even if it's one small step at a time. Conficker just reopened that
| small wound I carry with me.
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http://maratux.blogspot.com/2009/02/conflicker-affected-me-though-i-dont.html
Related:
Experts are calling for product liability for software
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| "Product liability does not apply to software," Gerald Spindler
| of the Faculty of Law of the University of Göttingen complained.
| "But what if a whole company comes to a standstill due to faulty
| software?" he mused.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/86932/from/rss09
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