__/ [ BearItAll ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 16:02 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Virus Spreading Through Windows Live Messenger
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>> | There have been numerous reports of a virus being spread through Windows
>> | Live Messenger.
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>> http://www.allsortgroup.com/blog/news/17/
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>> Joke:
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>> http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/03/vistalater.jpg
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> Is anyone surprised by this? Surely not. We all know that MS have built in
> doors all over the place, slip em a bung and they'll let you in. Give a
> hacker time and he'll let himself in.
That is precisely what people said when WGA and activation (read: deactions)
were introduced. These are not just about invasion, but about physical
access and even serious sabotage. If you give your O/S a pair of wing, it
might fly one day (or grabbed by gale-force wind). But it's a pig, so it'll
fo better in the latter case.
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~~ Best wishes
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