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Linux and the Smile.D Virus keeps us Smiling

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-giggle-on dept.

pstreck writes "News Forge is running a humor filled satire on the the recent Smile.D cross platform virus. It's a good read and just another reminder of why that other operating system needs to figure out a new security policy."

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  1. Newer Windows *does* have a newer security policy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a whole privelage system there, unfortunately, it can't be used by many people right now because of some brain dead applications. Quite a few programs won't run as anything other than administrator. Over time, once the apps get replaced, Windows will have a more viable security system, which will hopefully prevent many of these types of problems.

  2. Smile.D? by CBNobi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Linux and the Smile.D Virus keeps us Smiling

    That pun would work better if it was actually called the Smile.D Virus.

    Symantec and ZDNet appear to call it Simile.D.