That in itself is a problem too. Messenger spam is just as bad as usual spam. Yes, I know in reality, It's probably the best and easiest way to actually get the attention of most people. I was not actually referring to any specific method, because I couldn't think of one that covers all platforms, and all different known vulnerabilities at the same time.
AFAIK there's no easy way to actually do what i was suggesting, dont you just wish we lived in a dream world where everything was just perfect?:)
Although this in principle is a good idea, the problem then becomes that the people you fix wont know it was even broken in the first place.
The only solution is to somehow make them aware they have a problem, and give them the knowledge to fix it themselves, and make sure they have the knowledge to not let it happen again.
If everyone was aware of viruses like sobig.f and removed them and the backdoors they leave, spammers would have a lot fewer easily compromisable boxes in the first place!
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That in itself is a problem too. Messenger spam is just as bad as usual spam.
Yes, I know in reality, It's probably the best and easiest way to actually get the attention of most people. I was not actually referring to any specific method, because I couldn't think of one that covers all platforms, and all different known vulnerabilities at the same time.
AFAIK there's no easy way to actually do what i was suggesting, dont you just wish we lived in a dream world where everything was just perfect?
Although this in principle is a good idea, the problem then becomes that the people you fix wont know it was even broken in the first place.
The only solution is to somehow make them aware they have a problem, and give them the knowledge to fix it themselves, and make sure they have the knowledge to not let it happen again.
If everyone was aware of viruses like sobig.f and removed them and the backdoors they leave, spammers would have a lot fewer easily compromisable boxes in the first place!