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Virus Writers Look Ahead: Target 64-bit Windows

Posted by timothy on from the yes-ma'am-just-testing-your-alarm-system dept.

Ashcrow writes "A new virus, named W64.Shruggle.1318 by Symantec, is being 'tested' on AMD64 machines running 64-bit Windows. While it is not currently a danger to 64-bit Windows users, it does show that virus writers are looking toward the future. The exploitable software in questions is currently unreleased outside of beta. News.com has the full article."

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  1. This shows once again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    that Windows is just targeted because it is so popular, not because of inherent security problems.

    After all Windows 64-bit is allready installed on millions and millions of machines so it is only natural that hackers attack it instead of those few machines that run 64-bit Linux.

    Oh, wait...

    Nevermind.