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Zombie computers
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Posted 2007-January-08, 16:42
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Posted 2007-January-08, 17:23
did i read that right? over 70 million worldwide computers are zombied? sheesh
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Posted 2007-January-08, 17:30
luke warm, on Jan 9 2007, 01:23 AM, said:
did i read that right? over 70 million worldwide computers are zombied? sheesh
Yes. As the article mentions,it's where most spam is coming from these days.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 18:23
Nobody really knows the figure. A few days ago I read in Computerworld, as I remember quoting CNet, it was approx. 400.000. The number is decreasing every X-mas by an estimate of 100.000 and it takes a little time for the criminals to attack new ones. But in some months it will go up again. Still mostly via E-mails.
Something strange is happening. Recently I installed a refurbished computer without luck. But the funny thing here it looked like each time I tried to update this one with security updates(service pack 1) those files seemed to contain as well trojan horses as back-door infected files. OK that was not the reason why I scratched - only to inform also trying to be careful you can be unlucky.
Something strange is happening. Recently I installed a refurbished computer without luck. But the funny thing here it looked like each time I tried to update this one with security updates(service pack 1) those files seemed to contain as well trojan horses as back-door infected files. OK that was not the reason why I scratched - only to inform also trying to be careful you can be unlucky.
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Posted 2007-January-08, 19:00
The good news is that with Vista Micro*hit will be responsible for security. Every month like clockwork a new release will fix the problems that hackers have been exploiting for a few weeks, so everybody will have a chance to go zombie for a bit while we wait for the latest release.
The best security blog: Washington Post 's Brian Krebs
The best security blog: Washington Post 's Brian Krebs
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Posted 2007-January-08, 19:09
I run Ubuntu 
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Posted 2007-January-08, 23:57
macaw, on Jan 8 2007, 08:09 PM, said:
I run Ubuntu
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
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Posted 2007-January-09, 05:38
matmat, on Jan 9 2007, 05:57 AM, said:
macaw, on Jan 8 2007, 08:09 PM, said:
I run Ubuntu
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
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Posted 2007-January-09, 10:34
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I run Ubuntu smile.gif
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
I run Ubuntu smile.gif
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
Works perfectly. There are a couple of files in the BBO folder which need to be modified but no big deal. And no worries so far about being a zombie or email viruses is the biggest benefit.
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Posted 2007-January-09, 11:57
macaw, on Jan 9 2007, 01:34 PM, said:
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QUOTE (macaw @ Jan 8 2007, 08:09 PM)
I run Ubuntu smile.gif
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
I run Ubuntu smile.gif
how does that work out with wine? does it work well?
Works perfectly. There are a couple of files in the BBO folder which need to be modified but no big deal. And no worries so far about being a zombie or email viruses is the biggest benefit.
Atually, newer Wine versions don't need modifications (it used to be necessary to have a LINUX_WINE=Y in bbover.ini; BROWSER_TYPE=C might still be necessary for embedding the browser, but that is a BBO default).
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Posted 2007-January-09, 13:48
I hope they ran this article alongside a feature on the American voter.
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