so i guess when i downloaded the pirated ilife 09 i probably joined the bot
net too!!!

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Niles Collins <[email protected]>wrote:

> I did not believe it when I read the article.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3157
>
> But upon finding out that users who downloaded pirated versions of iWork
> and Photoshop are now part of a botnet makes a lot of sense. No matter how
> secure a OS you build, your downfall will be the practices of the end users.
> With Linux there is less incentive to hunt down pirated software since
> almost all the software is free.
>
> This is not a knock against Apple or OSX, clearly the users are to blame.
> But with the permissions and other security measures on UNIX like systems,
> you would need the end user to install the software. You can't get away with
> drive by infections.
>
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