Linked by Jeremy LaCroix on Wed 13th Aug 2003 16:59 UTC
I am a "Technologist", a Technology enthusiast that is usually the one that is called should a major catastrophe strike an end user. My saga of computer rescues becomes a plot that is ever so thickening, if not only for the fact that's it's becoming incredibly easy for hackers and malicious code writers these days to invade personal property to find, seek, and destroy. Each year, virus and hacker threats increase, and in addition the damage trail left behind is something of a problem. Not to forget, a majority of "PC Panic" cases I've come across are often times the same common, "major" problem.
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This latest worm did not send any email nor did the computer user have to visit any website. It searched out & infected vulerable computers on its own, most within a few minutes of being connected to the internet. So don't tell me about how you've no need for proper security because you don't open email or because you don't surf "unsafe" sites! And if the author had taken a little more care with his worm, most folks wouldn't have even known they'd been infected!