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

[Mark Dodel]

In <20040128003706.GA11128@bix.org>, on 01/28/04 at 12:37 AM,
   Roy Bixler <rcb@bix.org> said:

>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 ...

So they will have all those pesky security holes fixed in the next version
of weenieDOS, RSN.

The only good windows box is a dead windows box.

Mark



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