Researchers have reported Windows machines infected within fifteen minutes of being connected to the internet.
Ever marvel at the size of your bulging "spam" folder? The contents usually are sent by large armies of compromised machines - and yours could be one of them. Terry McIntyre <[email protected]> Unix/Linux Systems Administration Taking time to do it right saves having to do it twice. ________________________________ From: Mark Boon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 9:35:18 PM Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Moyo Go Studio On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:45 PM, terry mcintyre <[email protected]> wrote: > Even if we assume that Moyo Go has no embedded malware, the > world is awash in real malware; it is irresponsible not to protect one's > computer - it could become part of a bot army in minutes, if connected to > the internet. Really? I have run Windows without any anti-virus software for years and years and never experienced any problems. I always thought the problems were exclusively caused by haphazard installing of software downloaded from untrustworthy sources. Mark _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
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