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."

Comments

HA

[bmgoau]

This has to be about the 10th time i have seen the whole "Windows can be compramised in [insert time here]" deal.

Anyone who actively follows the news and comments on slashot should know by now that windows is open to attack. And secondly i would hope that anyone who has the least bit of common sense would realise the viruses exist and that if you dont take neccisarry precations such as patching your version of windows.

Let me make it staight.
Windows has security issues, it gets viruses, and other malware. Get over it. Get onto doing something about it. stop scareing thepublic and educate people on ways of being protected.

OT: Your sig

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Editors - Question

[I'm Don Giovanni]

"The problem is that there is a significant group of /. readers who are submitting the dupe. Since the editors feel it's important to post the dupe, it won't be rejected."

In other words, the chances of an article being duped is directly proportional to how bad the article appears to be for Microsoft. Got it. ;-)