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It isn't a vulnerability of any OS when a user downloads and is "tricked" into running an executable, .bin, .sh file on Solaris, Windows, Linux, Apple, Commodore 64 or Vic 20, it is stupidity. If you don't know what you are doing, you probably shouldn't be running powershell, as root, or with admin priviledges.

Bash runs scripts, csh runs scripts, the dos shell runs scripts and I bet I could damage my system running a script in any of these. Must be a slow news day. So, it targets Kazza users, by tricking them with names of things they might like (that are probably illegally shared), I say more power to the scripters, lol.

The article should probably been "Kaza users beware, malcious code exists on your networks", since nobody knew that fact.

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Rep told me not to worry...  Mike Cox | 08/01/06
I always and always will continue to use Microsoft products, Mike.  Grayson Peddie | 08/01/06
8.2! Bravo  Reverend MacFellow | 08/02/06
Dinner with rep  rastaub | 08/02/06
Mike's heart  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/02/06
Wow, Dinner.....  mypl8s4u2 | 08/02/06
Message has been deleted.  Jay E Court | 08/02/06
Message has been deleted.  plumnilly | 08/03/06
how does this make it a vulnerability  zzz1234567890 | 08/01/06
no OS can protect an ignorant user  zzz1234567890 | 08/01/06
Locking down an OS can prevent this.  B.O.F.H. | 08/02/06
Wow. for a "Toy OS"...  John Zern | 08/02/06
RBAC and MAC?  doas777 | 08/04/06
I am, for one, total impressed by this security classification happy  michael_t | 08/04/06
Certainly an OS can protect a user  docbillnet | 08/02/06
how does this make  plumnilly | 08/03/06
To be clear....  joshmaher | 08/01/06
More new Vista features that are NOT going to be there.. wink  michael_t | 08/01/06
I'm still waiting for the iTunes hack  Boot_Agnostic | 08/02/06
*Yawn*  John Zern | 08/02/06
YAWN: my reaction to all the "new" Vista features.... happy  michael_t | 08/02/06
Vista improvements  mlambert890@... | 08/02/06
I don't know how to put this, but this list of insignificant items  michael_t | 08/02/06
single multi-language image  plumnilly | 08/03/06
Well I don't have any P2P programs in my computer  Grayson Peddie | 08/01/06
not strictly true.  johnsmith222 | 08/01/06
Huh?  Grayson Peddie | 08/01/06
The Problem is....  aladorn@... | 08/02/06
As Isaac Asimov quoted...  A.Sinic | 08/03/06
Sure it can  voska | 08/02/06
well actually it can  galileon | 08/02/06
well the most secure OS some say  Quebec-french | 08/02/06
Hackers try to crack Windows PowerShell  Loverock Davidson | 08/02/06
And if you download and run an exe...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/02/06
What happens when you run an executable file  John Zern | 08/02/06
That would depend  Linux User 147560 | 08/02/06
On a Mac...  slingzenarrowzuvowtrayjissforchin | 08/02/06
Church of the Painful OS  Reverend MacFellow | 08/02/06
Dear Reverend  JWGasner@... | 08/02/06
Is this really a worm?  bc90292 | 08/02/06
Yes its a worm  A.Sinic | 08/03/06
By Definition it isn't a worm  codeguy007 | 08/03/06
Hackers try to crack csh  NonZealot | 08/02/06
Misleading? How about erroneous?  RocketEater | 08/02/06
Served its purpose  A.Sinic | 08/03/06
Stupid Article Title  TripleII | 08/02/06
Nobody Knew Malware Existed on Kazaa??  Sp00kE | 08/02/06
LOL  TripleII | 08/02/06
Really..  Wolfie2K3 | 08/03/06
Hackers tring to crack an MS windows component is really nothing  michael_t | 08/02/06
Tell that to hosting companies  codeguy007 | 08/03/06
Yet, even with "all these" PhP compromisses Apache stays UP and WORKING  michael_t | 08/03/06

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