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____/ nessuno on Friday 26 Feb 2010 23:06 : \____
> On Feb 26, 11:26 am, nessuno <nessuno7...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> <Quote>
>> One of the 10 largest botnets in the US and a major distributor of
>> spam globally, Waledac is estimated to have infected hundreds of
>> thousands of computers around the world and, prior to this action, was
>> believed to have the capacity to send over 1.5 billion spam emails per
>> day. In a recent analysis, Microsoft found that between December 3-21,
>> 2009, approximately 651 million spam emails attributable to Waledac
>> were directed to Hotmail accounts alone, including offers and scams
>> related to online pharmacies, imitation goods, jobs, penny stocks and
>> more.
>> </Quote>
>>
>> http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2010/02/24/cr...
>>
>> That means, "hundreds of thousands of *Windows* computers," not Linux,
>> not OS/X.
>
> To quote PJ:
>
> "Are there any computers in these botnets that are not Windows
> computers? If not, then is it a cyberspace problem or a Windows
> problem? I wish them well, but let's be clear. There is another
> solution. Clean out your Windows problem by installing GNU/Linux or
> Mac OSX."
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/
*Microsoft's foiling of botnet gets mixed response*
"Botnets are usually armies of hijacked Windows PCs that send spam or malware. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8537771.stm
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