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Nasty New Virus Variants
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?"
Given that you have to select an E-mail to delete it, how are users supposed to protect themselves from this one?
Simple. Don't use Windows.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
real men use telnet.
Besides, updating an MS machine really is easy.
I agree!! Throw in a Linux disk with your favorite distribution (doesn't really matter which one), accept all defaults and your "update" is ready to go.....
Browsers shouldn't have a back button!! It's all about going forward...
Switching won't really help.
The reason most (or all) viruses are written for Windows is because that's where they'll do the most damage, since most people use Windows.
If everyone switches to Linux or Mac OS then you'll start to see viruses for those operating systems.
You should be glad you're in the OS minority. That's what's keeping virus writers away from your system.
I get all excited when someone emails me a virus. I save it and decompress with UPX then sniff around to see if there is anything of interest. I happily spent an hour looking at this one. I'm not any sort of hacker but I could see some readable text in the message. Nothing exciting.
Oh and I love Thunderbird.
Just embrace Apple. They have no problems with crap viri like this...
Thank you...
No, people who use broken and very easy to infect software are the problem.