> I don't know if that's an accurate figure or not, but it seems like a lot of > work for a spammer that can use any of thousands easier ways to send their > messages. Additionally as Microsoft and others continue to lock down their > products this should not be much of an issue.
Not much work at all. The Trojan phones home, spammer gives it instructions, and off you go. And sorry, but Microsoft does not control all those home computers that are the ones being infected. Example, I helped a friend install his XP Home on a old computer. He only has dial up. I told him I would take his computer in a couple of days and run all updates and install his AV software and get it updates. He wanted to try connecting to the Internet so he did for about 20 minutes on a dial up. Guess what, he got a virus. > This seems like a pet project gone wild or something like that. Somebody > came up with an elaborate test for a non-issue. Actually, the idea is a very good one IMHO. It is the delivery and implementation that is being questioned. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
