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Old 07-24-2007, 02:52 PM
swangson
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Default Re: Are there any viruses?

jayjwa@hotmail.com wrote:
> Tritonio <inshame@otenet.gr> wrote:
>> Are there any serious viruses these days? I remember before some years
>> (when I used windows 98) when everyone talked about the viruses and the
>> dialers that he got infected with. Now almost no one cares about dialers
>> because we don't use dialup modems. And only those without an antivirus
>> might get a virus, normally through limewire... ;-) I was always
>> extremely careful with viruses so the only virus that I managed to get
>> infected with was Blaster. Now I use Linux so I have completely forgot
>> about them.

>
>
> Few and far between. Lots of malware like phisher's tools, things to
> steal money out of bank accounts, little downloader programs, some IRC
> bots, worms. I don't know why people don't make many real viruses
> anymore. Viruses are still viable in today's world, they just have to
> evolve and adapt.
>
> Maybe someone should start a new project?


Pointless. Microsoft is already spreading their products.



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