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Think about this.....
From stories I have read, about one million computers world wide got infected with MyDoom.A and B.

Of course, we know that MyDoom is Windows Trojan, so how many computers in the world run Windows 9x/XP/2000/2003 and are connected to the internet at least some of the time?

At least 100+ million wouldn't probably be off by a large factor.

Yes, I'm sure that there are those who will argue the numbers, but in reality, the world's worst Windows virus (I've never even seen a message with the payload cause my AOL & Hotmail & work account accounts filter worms) has only hit 1% of the platforms it potentially could.

Sure Windows has its security problems, but they simply are not as bad as many have you think.

And honestly, not Linux nor Mac nor OS XXX would be secure from this type of attack, assuming that the logged in user were running under an account that enough privledges to install apps.

But you can't do a DOS attack with these platforms because there aren't enough of them, given a 1% infection rate.
Posted by: Heatlesssun   Posted on: 02/02/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great turn-around time!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 02/02/04
What about me?!? Now I'm Stuck ...  coffeenite | 02/03/04
Nooooo  Bobby Sskcat | 02/02/04
ms could takes some lessons form MOZILLA  JWatson77 | 02/02/04
because...  DarbyOhara | 02/03/04
Why should you care!  DarbyOhara | 02/03/04
"our customers like the predictability"  MarcB_z | 02/02/04
I was thinking the exact same thing  Chad_z | 02/02/04
Re: "our customers like the predictability"  issthatso | 02/02/04
I thought Thursday was patch day? EOM  Chad_z | 02/02/04
Love the predictibility of a hack a month  ITGuy04 | 02/02/04
Oh great  tic swayback | 02/02/04
Re: Oh great  issthatso | 02/02/04
Exactly.  bhanes@... | 02/02/04
Release patches ASAP!  d_jedi | 02/02/04
great "fix"  ryusen | 02/02/04
I thought I was the only one...  TrollSlayer | 02/03/04
Think about this.....  Heatlesssun | 02/02/04
That's a mighty big assumption.....  Jose Jimenez | 02/02/04
Wouldn't necessarily need to be root  Heatlesssun | 02/02/04
As I also stated, but not a likely scenario. (NT)  Jose Jimenez | 02/02/04
Why wouldn' that be a likely scenario  Heatlesssun | 02/02/04
Start with the link that I posted....  Jose Jimenez | 02/02/04
Home Users  ShadeTree | 02/03/04
At least in OSX  j.m.galvin | 02/02/04
You can do pretty much the same thing in Windows...  Heatlesssun | 02/02/04
think about this.....  middle of nowhere | 02/02/04
What ?!?!?  coffeenite | 02/03/04
So now we're supposed to praise M$ 'cuase they patch more than once a month  toomuchgreeatea@... | 02/02/04
Alright! Got myself updated! happy (NT)  GraysonPeddie | 02/02/04
upgrade those servers  JWatson77 | 02/02/04
Education!!!  wallyweb@... | 02/03/04
Is there an end to this?  tero_t_vaananen@... | 02/03/04
MS PR move couldn't work  MacCanuck | 02/03/04
Affected Versions  cobraon | 02/03/04
Forgot to mention  cobraon | 02/03/04
What were you thinking?  ShadeTree | 02/03/04
I wanted to apply the patch ...  coffeenite | 02/03/04
Patch Installed Automatically...what's the big deal?  marksashton | 02/03/04
my issues with this patch  ryusen | 02/03/04
Unless the patch itself...  Yen_z | 02/03/04
Get and use a Mac. Wouldn't have these problems.  peaceguy | 02/11/04

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