By Will Sturgeon
Published: Tuesday 27 January 2004
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Name
Chad Kitching
Location
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Occupation
Network Administrator
Comment
I'm no 'expert', but perhaps this has nothing to do with 'Linux Wars' and more to do with the fact that most virus writers are looking for bragging rights and attention, and right now, SCO is in the news, is known to have insufficient resources to fend off a DDoS, and will get the author even MORE press when the act actually happens. I don't know of anyone in the 'open source community' that would support such any actions like the ones this virus takes.
I'm no 'expert', but perhaps this has nothing to d...
Chad Kitching
Bragging rights and attention are indeed the stapl...
Gigi Marga
The problem is not only the Virus, all the antivir...
Angus Doyle
It amazes me that so many companies and individual...
Tim Jarrett
We block most dangerous attachment types and have ...
Jon Scriven
I think it's a shame that after the SoBigs, Nimdas...
Lee Finlay
You can have all the sophisticated software in the...
Howard Winfield
How can we recognise this virus?
Edith Reyntiens
It is not that people do not have antivirus softwa...
Anonymous
We have clocked up more than 10,000 hits since Mon...
Angus Doyle
I have received over 80 copies of the virus so far...
Ian Crighton
Have anyone heard of any reports that the volume o...
Peter Simons
Just to ditto a previous reply, we spend large amo...
Anonymous
> Edith Reyntiens
> How can we recognise this vir...
Richard Ash
I use a free anti virus which warned me immediatel...
Gordon Leed
Why do people rely on anti virus software. Treat t...
Tristan Wogan
I still think that maybe the ISP's can do somethin...
Anonymous
Further to Chad Kitching comment, I'm writing not ...
Simon Brown
YES ISPs could DO MORE
I'm writing not because ...
Simon Brown
I like being on my Mac.
Secure UNIX base with lit...
Stephen J. Bolin
Lets stop blaming Microsoft, the antivirus compani...
Phil Wilson
You can't blame folk for opening email they aren't...
David Hoyle
I think some blame has to go on users (at least so...
Ken Burwood
Clueless!!
GPL activists tend to be expert Wind...
John Tucker
As for the virus being around I have found that se...
Anonymous
don angus doyle is god he thinks it to us it seems...
Anonymous
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