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Sober.P Worm Accounts for 5% of all Email Traffic

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-bits dept.

destuxor writes "The grave insecurity of the day is the Sober.P worm which is currently pushing nearly 5% of all email traffic at the moment. Unlike previous worms, Sober can disable the Windows Firewall and Symantec Antivirus. Interestingly, patched machines are not vulnerable to the exploits used by this worm. What are we going to have to do to convince "ordinary users" to visit WindowsUpdate once in a while?" update percentage corrected.

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  1. Re:What M$ really needs to do. by MrEcho.net · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes they could have all the updates on 1 CD Win and Office.
    And yes since I use Linux, they would look good on my wall.

    Im covering my wall with AOL cd's, one huge mirror.

  2. Re:How about... by hazah · · Score: 0, Troll
    Root password is not necessary, nor is running as root. Linux does NOT bother you in the same manner windows ballons pop up all the time (anyone know how to get rid of that????).

    The reason things don't work if you're not an Administrator on windows is because the good ol' marketing folk decided some time ago that multiuser systems are not necessary for Mr. Bob. So when they finally added it in, it was late, and crude, and, as usual [imho] is nothing more than a "feature" rather than a function.

    Linux is UNIX clone. It was designed for multiple users from the start.

  3. Re:The only way to wake people up by Sime208 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Alas, he still hasn't embraced Linux or OS X, but at least he's not part of the problem any more.
    Which OSX would you like him to run? 10.3.9, which had 19 updates this week.. Or Tiger?