10-4! Sobig got two of my section's computers. One was a laptop I hadn't had a chance to patch because it was off-site, the other had been patched, but it was a Win98 PC, and the patches were apparently not complete. Today, these two machines, which had been cleaned off, patched and had the virus scanner updated were re-infected. Not supposed to happen, and yet...
I was drowned in requests on what to do about home PCs. I sent everyone the link for the free AVG Scanner and some tips about cleaning the virus I discovered today. I think it mught have been a variant of sobig that hit today. Or, perhaps the touted removal tool was more of a tool, than a removal widget. At any rate, I closed with the well known paragraph: Another solution is to take a different approach. Linux is designed differently; from the ground up it is designed with networking and the Internet as a focus, not as an add-on. It is inherently more secure. It is not immune, just more robust and based on a better design. It isn't for everyone, but here a some sources to look into. Then I listed a few distribution's websites. I didn't not get swammped with calls, but I didn't get a single cat call. They usually rag me for promoting Linux and open source, in a good natured way, but not today. Silence. I guess I will gen-up a few Knoppix CD's and have them on hand. The Japanese couldn't have sold a single car in America if the big three had not sucked so hard. Welcome to Detroit Microsoft. You poor chumps. Doug --- will hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, they are learning. The upgrade train, viruses, > spyware, this stupid trick and DRM locking (reported > on Slashdot today), is all going to get them. > People are frustrated enough to try things like > Mozilla and dual boot. The old formula of wipe and > reinstall or "upgrade" by trashing the old system > was always expensive and now it does not even work. > I know because I took a job as a retail sales dude > at Computer Heaven. > > What it comes down to is using the right tool for > the job. Communications through an untrusted media > is something free software does well. Microsoft has > a temporary monopoly edge on gaming and cool toys > but totally blows for email and web browsing. > > Corporate and government users are already resistant > and will continue to seek alternatives. Anyone can > see that the fix for M$ crap is not more M$ crap. > People who recomended M$ entrapment last time need > to be worried about geting out of the trap or be > looking for a new job. I've heard of weeks of > network downtime at major companies and I think it's > getting worse not better. Expect the stream of PDF > users to turn into a flood and M$ word to lose share > big time. The new stuff is wrong headed and is > going to raise more red flags. Who on earth is > going to trust a program that beams content specific > "research panes" to Word users typing confidential > documents? Smart tags got put where they belong, > yet these dummies are trying to bring them out > again? It's laughably insecure spyware at it's > worst. This new office suite of theirs is going to > flop worse than XP or LongDong. If it's the only > feature they have to push their server O$, it's DOA. > > > On 2003.09.02 11:23 "Richards Jr, Edward C." wrote: > > > http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2914582,00.html > > > > Makes one wonder if the populace will ever wake up > and see what Micro$oft is doing. > > > > Ed Richards, PE > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
