__/ [ Jeanette Russo ] on Friday 13 April 2007 04:19 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Microsoft and the Clippy of death
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft has issued five new critical security bulletins, offering
>> | patches for 14 vulnerabilities in Windows products, including one
>> | that could allow the much-derided Clippy software assistant to take
>> | full control of a PC on behalf of a bad guy.
>> `----
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>>
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=CFE81578-B0A5-42DA-9567-29E6BE17BB81
>>
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
>> | 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
>> | the BBC reports.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
>
> I never did trust that stupid talking paper clip
There's a Linux equivalent. Of course, it's not pragmatic to use it. Keep
clutter at a minimum in order for the mind to focus on the task at hand.
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~~ With kind regards
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