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Mountains of Malware

zogger
Mon Jun 02 19:39:00 -0700 2008
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Malicious software has grown globally to be of such a size and persistence that it risks serious harm to the internet economy according to a new report, with upwards of one in four desktops just in the US being infected and potentially being part of botnets.

.."Communities involved in fighting malware "offer essentially a fragmented local response to a global threat," says the report, which urges international cooperation to combat the danger." You can access the full report in PDF from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at that link.

Mountains of Malware
jay car
Tue Jun 03 22:11:51 -0700 2008
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Why do these types of articles never, ever mention Windows?  Why don't they specify Windows PCs instead of just saying "PCs"?  I didn't read the PDF, so maybe it mentions Windows there.  But it seems like folks try to be very very careful never to mention Windows and botnets together on the same page.

It's funny how missing information can create so much misinformation.

 

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