Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:22:56 GMT From: "TeggerÆ" <teggeratistopdotcomnopsamgetheobvious.invalid> Subject: Re: HOT HOT HOT (dont open it)
Dave Hinz <davehinznopsamcop.net> melodiously murmured in news:bn1voe$s25un$1nopsam34476.news.uni-berlin.de: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:21:48 GMT, TeggerÆ > <teggeratistopdotcomnopsamgetheobvious.invalid> wrote: >> Dave Hinz <davehinznopsamcop.net> melodiously murmured in >> news:bn1tp0$rlu8q$2nopsam34476.news.uni-berlin.de: >> >>> ...and having anything but Windows prevents nearly all of them as >>> well... >> >> If you have any version of BSD/Linux/UNIX (including Mac OS-X), you >> are vulnerable to root kits and other compromises unless your box is >> secured properly. > > Perhaps, but these are neither viruses, nor are they worms. > True, but they can compromise your computer to similar effect. -- TeGGeRÆ