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Re: [News] 90%+ of E-mail is Windows Zombie Spewage

  • Subject: Re: [News] 90%+ of E-mail is Windows Zombie Spewage
  • From: Snit <SNIT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:21:16 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source
  • References: <1761330.iAjq8aZycd@schestowitz.com> <20061127221954.0452bc02@ed-desktop>
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  • Thread-topic: [News] 90%+ of E-mail is Windows Zombie Spewage
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"ed" <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post 20061127221954.0452bc02@ed-desktop on
11/27/06 3:15 PM:

> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:55:10 +0000
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> '9 out of 10 e-mails now spam'
>> 
> 
>> Someone should pass a bill which isolates Windows PC's from the
>> Internet.
> 
> that would not cure the problem
> 
> the windows computers are often subject to browser exploits... most
> people have at least a software firewall, it's really the social
> engineering, browser exploits etc etc, .pif, .exe attachments et al.
> 
> the real thing would be to pass a law of less monopoly on the desktop.
> to ensure that no single exploit in a single variant of a program can
> cause such havoc.

Maybe have everyone make their own Linux distro that is completely
incompatible with all others!

:)

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