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Virus Writers - The Enemy Within

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the vandals-and-visigoths dept.

Slob Nerd writes "An interesting read from todays Observer "He's 21, he's got dreadlocks, likes punk bands... and his hobby could wreck your computer in seconds. Clive Thompson infiltrates the secret world of the virus writers who see their work as art - while others fear that it is cyber-terrorism.""

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  1. great quote on microsoft by pvt_medic · · Score: 0, Troll

    "a dangerous thinning of the internet's gene pool" well i guess that sums it up pretty well about microsoft. Using microsoft is like inbreading.

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    30% Troll, 50% Underrated, 10% Interesting
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  2. I knew there was a reason I read the Observer. by Denyer · · Score: 1, Troll
    Pretty decent reporting for a newspaper. And I love this quote:

    Microsoft markets its products to less expert computer users, cultivating the sort of gullible victims who click on disguised virus attachments.

    Woefully accurate, if the users I've admin'd for are anything to go by. We need to encourage people to think about what they do when they use computers, not oversimplify.

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    Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
  3. Re:My Hero by Clockwurk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Until unix has more than a tiny share of the computers that the readers interact with, it will always be a computer virus. Get over it.

  4. Re:My Hero by Spellbinder · · Score: 1, Troll

    sorry but a good graffiti is art!!!

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    stop supporting microsoft with pirating their software!!!!!