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Windows Infected in 12 Minutes
Uber-Review writes "The speed with which PC's can become infected has now shortened. If your Windows computer is not properly protected,it will take 12 minutes before it becomes infected, according to London-based security company, Sophos. They have detected 7,944 new viruses in the first half of 2005, a 59% increase over the same time span last year."
And Slashdot can apparently be infected with a dupe in as little as 5 days!!!!
Don't mod me, bro'!!!!
No, this time it was another windows machine that was infected in 12 minutes. Expect to see 200 million similar stories in the next week or so.
I'm waiting for a dupe in 12 minutes, now that would be good! :D
"Windows infected in 12 minutes."
there is a new virus that causes the same news story to be posted twice
Hey. I saw this episode on Star Trek. The same thing kept happening over and over again until Data finally kept the ship from blowing up. /. Now we need to repeat all of our original posts, while sending a message with tachyon beams back to our original selves...
That's what's happening on
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12 minutes hey. Gee I thought IE opened up quicker than that.
But the funniest thing about the link is the one and only comment on there that says "Crappy article, but this girl will warm you up inside" and then gives a link to something that would probably lead you to the very exploit it is talking about.
My Windows blue screens in nine minutes, so I'm safe.
The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the Internet is only as good as the slowest Windows members. Excessive going online, as we know, gets Windows machines pwn3d. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest Windows machines first. In this way, continuously going online eliminates the weaker Windows machines, making the Internet a faster and more efficient place.
Shameless parody of the 'beer is good for you' joke
Free XBox, PS2
At least it's stable. It's exactly the same amount of time as the last time slashdot mentioned this.
Here's a solution.
*dodges flying tomatos*
OK, OK, here's a patch.
*runs*
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
Never-Review writes "The speed with which /. editors can become infected has now shortened. If your /. editors are not properly protected, it will take 12 minutes before a story becomes duped, according to world-based geek crowd Slashdotters. They have detected 7,944 new dupes in the first half of this year, a 59% increase over the same time span last year."
(Okay, so we're not quite there yet. But with Moore's law...)
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Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
pot. kettle. black.
You can get robbed in a little as three minutes in Downtown Detroit if you walk around counting large stacks of cash.
The internet is not a nice place. Evolve or die.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
If your Windows computer is not properly protected,it will take 12 minutes before it becomes infected,
/.'ers can get infected. The only time they have dirty sex is if they don't wash their hands.
Well that's faster than most
There's no way linux can beat windows speed record now!
Hmm I dunno which one is funnier . .
In Soviet Russia Slashdot dupes you
or
In Soviet Russia Windows infects you
wait . . that second one. . . excellent, its funny because its true, and not only in Soviet Russia
If you pay your taxes you support terrorism!
Nope, it leads to a picture of some insecure girl with big tatters looking to validate her life through the intarweb.
(Kind of like what I do here, but without the boobs)
just a matter of time until Microsoft posts a technical report on how it takes 6 minutes for a Linux box to be infected. blah...
two words
XP SP2
and if you don't have:
install XP, then switch on the damn firewall before you plug in the bloody ethernet cable
Screw you all! I'm off to the pub
I think they put the thing on autopilot back around 2001 or so.
(+1 Funny) only if I laugh out loud.
I guess when they manage to speed up the Windows boot cycle it'll be even quicker, at the moment the rate of infection is probably held back by Windows 9x finding new (phantom) devices that require drivers, and Windows 2000 doing safe restarts after it loses track of it's own registry.
Win XP is quite a bit faster, so it obviously helps
These guys don't know what they're talki... [NO CARRIER]
Right.
WinXP boots to the desktop quickly, allowing the luser to screw himself more quickly.
Oh, wait, I forgot - XP SHOWS the desktop quickly, but you still have to wait up to a minute for anything else to happen as Windows fumbles around in the background trying to find the rest of the system - including the DSL connection.
God knows what the security state is as XP stumbles around back there dragging in useless services and pumping out thousands of log entries that no customer actually ever asked for. Fortunately, since nothing can be done until it finishes, it probably means nothing can be done TO it as well.
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
1) Start
2) Post dupe.
3) ???
4) Profit!!!
Richard Steven Hack - This sig is TOO GODDAMN SHORT TO DO ANYTHING USEFUL WITH! MORONS!
Putting London in the right country is probible a good as it is going to get in the US. Why do you think the New Mexico license plate have "USA" on them?
Wow! Logic!!
You must not be from around here.
The two rules for success are:
1) Never tell them everything you know.
>>The first rule of PATRIOT act is do not talk about PATRIOT act
>Has it occurred to you that your sig is lying? There's no provision in the PATRIOT act that says you can't talk about it. You're just adding to the incoherent ramblings of the Left, which nobody listens to. There are plenty of real problems with the PATRIOT act, but your sig does nothing to address them. It's actually hurting by further making its opposition look like idiots.
Oh wise AC, verily, my slashdot sig is not doing enough to change society's problems. For that, I apologize profusely.
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If I can beat Super Mario Bros. 3 in less time than it takes to have my unprotected machine infected, then my machine isn't being infected fast enough.
The 11 minute barrier is still alive!