[LINK] Spyware trojan hitching ride on third-party Mac screensavers

[Rick Welykochy]

Kim Holburn wrote:

> There is still the fact that there are many, many machines running
> Windows unpatched, many pirated.  The decision to not allow pirated
> windows machines to be patched means there is a huge base of
> compromised machines, a situation itself which greatly increases the
> danger for everyone else (who runs windows).

The danger and exposure extends to all Internet users when you consider
zombies armies in botnets attacking servers and spreading spam.


cheers
rickw


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