Zombie tool makes use of Windows, antivirus flaws

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Let me guess...

you know nothing about Windows.

No patch can ever fix XP due to apps having security override. That is why spyware can always sneak in. It can never be prevented, only specific known threats can be filtered out prior to them installing themselves. But change the file name and it can get in again.

Huh? Apps have "security override"? Do you have a link to this feature that allows apps to override the security of the user running it without asking for permission? Oh, unless you are talking about privilege escalation bugs in which case OSX has its fair share of those as well!

This can't happen with Apples BSD UNIX based OSX without the owner being asked for an admin password. In OSX the security is always at system control.

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It is especially interesting since it doesn't require administrative privileges to nestle itself on the computers

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