____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 11 July 2007 20:24 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt
> <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:56:25 GMT
> <pan.2007.07.11.18.58.31.708051@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:57:03 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
>>> | an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
>>> | ?botherders? and elevate the public?s cyber security
>>> | awareness of botnets.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
>>
>> Closing the barn door after the horse got out, eh?
>>
>
> I think *most* of the horses have gotten out by now,
> and are wandering all over the meadow. :-) The door, of
> course, shows various attempts at closure -- rubber bands,
> springs, sealing wax, nailed boards, epoxy -- but somehow
> the horses have always managed to get out of the barn.
>
> Of course, that might be because there's a big hole in
> the door, and in the barn...but nobody's talking about that.
Zombies make more zombies. It's totally out of control at this stage. I've once
read that _up to_ 90% of the legitimate mail in Earthlink is now being
assassinated. It is believed to be SPAM. No wonder people don't use E-mail as
much as they used to...
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~~ Best of wishes
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