Comments on: Windows virii

By: Mikey Cooper

Mikey Cooper — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, because Linux never has any vulnerabilities… http://secunia.com/search/?search=linux

By: Cadel Stevens

Cadel Stevens — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Of course it has vulnerabilities, but I don’t know of any case of a whole company being shut down by one of those vulnerabilities.

By: Jesse McNelis

Jesse McNelis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think the fault for this event falls on the adminstrators of digital+'s network.
A patch had already been released.
No matter what OS you use, you need to patch.
Linux is in no way more secure if not patched than windows.
Stop spreading useless FUD.

By: Amaury Jacquot

Amaury Jacquot — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

well, the product they’d be looking for exists already, it’s called MLT http://mlt.sourceforge.net/

By: cs

cs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

virii is a bullshit plural of virus. common, but wrong.

By: Martey

Martey — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It is worth noting that the virus is only able to successfully attack Windows 2000 computers (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/aug05/08-16zotob.mspx), so it is difficult to characterize it as “the latest evil virus for Windows XP.”