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Re: [News] Bravo, BBC. Worm Targets *Windows*, in Bold Letters

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Nude worm tempts World Cup fans
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The World Cup's popularity makes it attractive to hackers
>| Football fans are being warned about a malicious worm that uses
>| world Cup themed e-mails to infect Windows PCs. 
> `----
> 
>                         http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5103414.stm
> 
> For a change, the first sentence clarifies that only Windows PC's are
> targetted.

This demonstrates the growing awareness of Windows as not being synonymous
with computing as well as security holes & exploits being in the main
the province of the poor old windows users.

-- 
| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

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