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Nasty New Virus Variants

Posted by timothy on from the must-have-windows-to-try dept.

Lucidus writes "Numerous journals, such as Mac Daily News and The Motley Fool, are reporting that the latest versions of the Beagle/Bagle virus can infect users' computers whether or not they open an attachment. Apparently, the simple act of selecting the message activates the code. Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?"

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  1. Re:Switch!!! by wed128 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    as a linux user, i am very frustrated by the fickleness of slashdot... last time i wrote a reply like this, i got -1 troll...this gets +4 insightful...just my luck.

  2. Re:protecting from viruses by System.out.println() · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If the GPL were viral, Windows would be Free Software by now.

    That sig is so appropriate. Even more so given the source leak....

    (Don't apply logic to my posts. Stop it. Stop it I say.)

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    I've got more mod points and GMail invi
  3. Re:protecting from viruses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Users should have auto-update up and running if they're using windows.

    I have a great deal of trouble with giving MS the keys and saying "drop in any time". I'd be worried that one day I'd come home and find out that they had a wild installfest while I was away and got DRM all over everything. That's one stain you probably won't be able to get out with your store-bought cleaners.