By Will Sturgeon
Published: Wednesday 14 March 2007
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Name
Bob
Location
London
Occupation
IT Manager
Comment
Umm... Why only Windows?
The only reason I can see for the prevelence of Windows-based botnets is the sheer number of windows systems operated by naive users.
If everyone suddenly switched to some other OS, the botnets would target that - and naive users would still fail to patch their OS, keep their protection up to date, and would not see the risk in accessing the internet without an effective firewall.
What's the obvious solution that the whole industry has missed?
Since only PCs running Windows can be turned into ...
Anonymous
Umm... Why only Windows?
The only reason I can s...
Bob
Blocking port 25 is naive in the extreme. Mail se...
Tim Trent
The ISP's and Anti-SPAM organisations have had ple...
Charles Smith
Why not just just, er, turn off your computer when...
Richard Marshall
To anonymous from Luton, you are wrong. Both Mac a...
Simon
We need the government to mandate an MOT style tes...
Tongue Incheek
To Charles Smith:
If you were right, Charles, t...
Simpson Lawrence
Ah Mr Lawrence,
The debating tactic of personal a...
Charles Smith
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