0-day virus = virus which is propagating before your (or any) antivirus
can detect it.
It happens every day.
Yeah, and given that most new virii are deployed by some bored little
computer geek in the ass-end of East Asia the major antivirus companies can
usually catch the thing before anything
ross, the way to respond to a troll is not to
;o)
by the way, it would be viri, not virii
even better is viruses (see fowler)
everybody knows what it means, too
rudy
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by the way, it would be viri, not virii
even better is viruses (see fowler)
everybody knows what it means, too
Alas! Alas! Alack-a-day.
I see Partridge agrees; but to this pedant it will always be viri.
Joseph
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rudy
by the way, it would be viri, not virii
Y'know I've been wondering about that for a while - the double i never
looked correct but i was slammed by educators for a very long time for using
a single i so I guess it's stuck, but granted viruses is probably better
usage even though it is
viruses is probably better
usage even though it is technically incorrect ;)
no, viruses is technically correct
that's what i been tryna tell ya!
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no, viruses is technically correct
that's what i been tryna tell ya!
Well maybe I should bloody listen then :P
So does this mean that octopi is now octopuses?
MOU
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and http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/plurals?view=uk
Cheers,
Scott
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Only on the web. ;-D
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no, viruses is technically correct
that's what i been tryna tell ya!
Well maybe I
Well maybe I should bloody listen then :P
So does this mean that octopi is now octopuses?
I have been trying to stay out of this thread, but I can't let this one
go. The plural of octopus in Greek is octopodes, so in English octopuses
is a better choice. Octopi? You didn't think octopus was
FWIW: http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/vtplural.htm
and http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/plurals?view=uk
FWIW? it's worth a lot
thanks, scott
those are fine, but don't really hold a candle to Fowler
;o)
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Netsky is still very much alive on the net. It's annoying yes but as long as
you're protected there's nothing to worry about.
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On Monday 06 September 2004 18:32, Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
Netsky is still very much alive on the net. It's annoying yes but as long
as you're protected there's nothing to worry about.
Of course there is something to worry about!
Day after day new viruses arise. How long until you become
One of our Mac only clients had 5 viruses on their G4, so much for
non-windows systems being safer.
I get sent viruses all the time, have done so since the days of Windows 3.1
and have never been infected by a virus. Same with many people on this list.
While less common there are viruses out
Of course there is something to worry about!
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Only using a non-Windows operating system would do.
This
Thanks.
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Netsky is still very much alive on the net. It's annoying yes but as
long as
you're protected there's nothing to worry about.
MOU
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Netsky is still very much alive on the net. It's annoying yes but as long
as you're protected there's nothing to worry about.
Of course there is something to worry about!
I'm sorry, does turning on your computer scare you that much *cough troll
cough*
How long until you become victim of a 0-day
What have I done?
grin
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On Monday 06 September 2004 21:07, Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
How long until you become victim of a 0-day virus?
By the very nature of computer virii, there's non such thing as an 0-day
virus.
Of course there is.
0-day virus = virus which is propagating before your (or any) antivirus can
conspiracy_theoryI think it is because Norton and McAfee house sweatshops
of virus creators in the dungeons of corporateville creating these nasty
little boogers. It would seem logical to me that a company responsible for
creating anti-virus software needs to have viruses to exist and some means
Well, I have to say I did wonder! It certainly makes sense - especially
when you see stories of hackers being offered humungous salaries to join
this that and the other company!!
Have a good weekend folks.
Peter MacGregor
At 16:42 03/10/2003, you wrote:
conspiracy_theoryI think it is
on the web
then again this is off topic ;)
bob
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Peter MacGregorwrote:
How does a virus identifier such as Sophos or Norton or whoever, know
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: very simply, if MS releases a patch then the hackers and script kiddies
: decompile and reverse engineer it to see what the patch is patching then
: they go from
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