[Gllug] Windows worm

[Christopher Hunter]

On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 15:08 +0000, Dylan wrote:
> On Monday 19 January 2009, Richard Jones wrote:
> >
> > (They still confuse worm and virus, but it's a start)
> >
> 
> Does the distinction really mean anything to the vast majority of users (and 
> victims)? Surely it's much more important that the concept of "malicious 
> program" is understood than the technical details of different types. If 
> outlets like the BBC explained the minutiæ in every story people would never 
> read it and thus not act on it.

The vast majority of Windows machines are still not patched against this
- two bank networks were infected in the last few days.  It's just yet
another disaster, and most people STILL believe that Windows "came free
with the computer"...

C.

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