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Story: Windows Vista tool targeted by virus writers
Posted by: Joseph Zapert (Saturday 6 August 2005, 1:35 AM)
This is very poor journalism. The code in question is not different than any other malicious script that can be written for any shell. If I put a .bat file on my website with the line, "format c:" in it, will you write a story about it? "New DOS virus trashes hard drives!?!"
The code does not self-distribute over network resources or removable media, and moreover, doesn't infect executables on the system! Anyone can write a .bat file or .vbs file, or in UNIX and Korn script or on OSX an AppleScript that overwrites files, formats the harddrive, etc. To write story calling this a novel "Windows Vista" virus is SO irresponsible.
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Story: Windows Vista tool targeted by virus writers
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A bit sensationalist don't you think? We're talkin... Anonymous -
Does anyone have a link to the virus magazine ment... Anonymous
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i'll stay with win xp till they force me to upgrad... Anonymous
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This is very poor journalism. The code in question... Joseph Zapert -
The question to ask is under what kind of security... Arthur B.
