From: "~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.com>

| David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"<a.nony.mous@example.invalid>

>> | ~BD~ wrote:

>>>> Max Wachtel wrote:
>>>>> ~BD~ wrote:
>>>>>> Do you have "Spyware" on your system? Parasites or an Unwanted Search
>>>>>> Engine Toolbar? Don't panic -- ...

>>>>> or just use linux

>>>> Quote:

>>>> "Linux is as vulnerable to malware that tricks the user into installing
>>>> it through social engineering as other operating systems. In December
>>>> 2009 a malicious waterfall screensaver was discovered that contained a
>>>> script that used the infected Linux PC in denial-of-service attacks."

>> | That's one. And it _still_ needs to be activated by an inept user (such
>> | as yourself).

>> | There's an awfully long climb to reach the half-million malwares level
>> | affecting Windows users, many of which can be initiated by simply opening
>> | an email message or visiting a web page.

>>>> Do you dispute anything written here, Max?

>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

>> | Did *you* read the page -- any part of the page other than the paragraph
>> | you quoted?

>> http://press.pandasecurity.com/news/...at-exist-were-
>> created-in-the-first-10-months-of-2010/

>> "One third of all computer viruses that exist were created in the first 10 months of
>> 2010
>> The Collective Intelligence database, Panda Security’s system for automatically
>> detecting,
>> analyzing and classifying files, now holds 134 million samples, 60 million of which
>> are
>> malware (viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats)

>> Between January and October this year, hackers have created 20 million new variants,
>> the
>> same amount as in the whole of 2009

>> The average number of threats received every day by PandaLabs has risen from 55,000 to
>> 63,000"

>> --------------------------------------

>> The fact is the preponderance is for the Microsoft Windows Operating System.

>> BD can read... He has an inability to comprehend.


| Indeed, I can read *and* I comprehend. It's why I have an iMac.

| Your word cannot be trusted, DHL.

By you -- I couldn't care less !


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Dave
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