[Am-info] Windows XP and CodeRed/Nimda

[John Poltorak]

On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 02:35:54PM -0800, Simon Cooke wrote:
 
> Really? So you get preferential treatment? Wow. Bully for you. Bully for
> you!
> 
> > What has Mozilla to do with a buggy IIS and it's infinite virii?
> 
> Well, brainiac, maybe just the fact that viruses can hit ANY platform,
> anyone who convinces themselves otherwise is an idiot, 

Please name a single OS/2 virus.

BTW it's around 14 years since OS/2 first came out.

> and the only reason
> that they hit Windows so often is because it's the most popular platform,
> and people like you have a grudge against it.

No, it's because Windows is bug ridden and full of security holes.

It makes an ideal delivery mechanism for propagating viruses and is 
extremely effective. 

> Simon


-- 
John