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Computer Viruses Broke 100,000 In 2004

Posted by timothy on from the research-purposes-of-course dept.

Sammy at Palm Addict writes "The count of known computer viruses broke the 100,000 barrier in 2004 and the number of new viruses grew by more than 50% according to news from the BBC. The BBC also reports that 'phishing attempts, in which conmen try to trick people into handing over confidential data, are recording growth rates of more than 30% with attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated.'"

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  1. Re:Could we have a distinction here? by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apache is not Linux
    IIS is not Windows

    What about the recent rash of tens of thousands of PHP based forums going down? Oh, that's PHPBB's fault, not Apaches.

    But when a poorly written web-app running on IIS get's hacked, it's somehow Windows fault?

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    I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
  2. Re:Could we have a distinction here? by Smilin · · Score: 0, Troll

    You're right! It's Microsoft writing all the viruses!

    Give me a break. The griping about MS gets sooo old. There were 100,000 viruses. 100,000! Do you think you get 100,000 of anything without a LOT of work? These dicks are clearly ready to put in a lot of work to cause trouble. MS just gets clobbered all the time because:
    1. They are on EVERY computer.
    2. You still failed to update your grandma's computer with MS04-011 so you got Sasser because you failed to learn your lesson when you got "Blasted" after MS03-039.
    3. They are on EVERY computer.

    Once OS X, Linux or some other OS gains enough market share I'm sure the dicks will stop writing worms and viruses. Not. You'll probably start blaming Linus then right? Not.

    The top viruses of 2004 all revolved around security issues *that had already been fixed* by Microsoft. How is it that I run MS software and I have NEVER once been infected with a virus? People act like MS ships a virus with Windows or something. I don't care if you run Linux, Windows or even OS/400: Patch your shit people.

    And put blame where it's due: The dicks that wrote the viruses.

    ["I'm tired of your bitch assed whining" rant]
    Oh and before anyone even gets started with, " MS shouldn't have had the security holes in the first place" Please! Show me any program outside of "hello world" that was perfect the first time through. Every MS OS released has been more secure than the previous version. Go compare Windows 95 to Windows Server 2003. Of course everyone always gripes that MS wants you to upgrade. (They are in the business of selling software, Duh!) So upgrade or STFU about security (and take your crap off the stinkin 'net while you're at it).
    [/"I'm tired of your bitch assed whining" rant]