[Am-info] Mydoom virus 'biggest in months'

[Roy Bixler]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:50:10PM -0500, Erick Andrews wrote:
> Better than no mention of Microsoft at all, it's too bad the
> BBC buried the following halfway down the page instead
> of on a nice big glitzy marquis in 48 point type at the top:
> 
> "...Thousands of e-mails triggered by the worm, which only affects 
>  computers using Microsoft Windows, were bombarding networks 
>  within hours of its discovery on Monday...."
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3432639.stm

And meanwhile, the Microsoft spin can be found here:

Gates takes a side-swipe at Apple, Linux security
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39143723,00.htm

Essentially, he says that because Windows is being attacked and other
platforms are not, Microsoft is learning more about security than the
other platform makers are and the end result will be that the next
version of Windows will definitely be more secure.  Somehow, that has
a familiar ring ...

R.

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