Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2009 12:53:58 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Coping with the malware deluge
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>>| The struggle between computer security firms and hi-tech criminals has
>>| often been likened to an arms race.
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>>| Any improvement in the way computers spot malicious software is matched
>>| by a change in tactics by the criminals that undermines that better
>>| protection.
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8056486.stm
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> It's no longer just a Microsoft problem. Mac's are starting to become
> infected with Malware and acting as Spam Zombies, and there is now Linux
> malware floating around that does the same thing.
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> Yes, the fact that 99% of it is Windows means it's still primarily a
> Windows problem, but this isn't JUST a windows problem.
No it means it is just a windummy osen problem.
The Linux malware is patched within a day because source is available
to *nix any and every problem out there.
So it means proprietory software i.e. windummy OSen and perhaps the appil
software is the only problem that can't be repaired.
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