In a recent note, Ted MacNEIL said: > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:16:52 +0000 > > A security firm, here in Canada, once stated the time between when you plug > your > new PC into the INTERNET and some malicious thing is attempted against it is > less > than 5 minutes. > > When I got a new one, last March, I didn't plug it in until I had Security > Centre > up and configured the way I wanted it. > > Of course, I don't understand the mind-set of these malicious people, and > most spammers. > What purpose, other than being a nuisance, does most spam serve? > Profit. Spam is so cheap (free if one pirates a server) that an infinitesimal fraction of responses is a benefit that justifies the cost.
And the statistics in later followups to this thread supply a dismaying demonstration that too few users employ malware defenses for herd immunity to be effective. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
