[KULUA] Nightline (fwd)

From: Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Fri May 5 19:57:36 2000

Hello group,

Here's something we all knew already, but we need to educate the brainwashed
masses about Microslop . . . Last sentence says it all.


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  Original author: trp0
  Written on: 05-May-00
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Last night, Ted explored the "I Love You" crisis with three "computer
virus experts". I'm a little fuzzy on who everyone was for sure, but I
know one was a computer crime prosecutor, another was Thrilling(sp?) from
Symantec(who totally reminds of this one stand-up comic guy...looks and
acts just like the stnad-up....maybe secret alter ego), and I don't
remember the other guy's functions at all. All three were going on and on
about how users needed to protect themselves with better and more
anti-virus software as well as putting up home firewalls!

It struck me as odd that they were trying to "educate" people about how to
be safe without ever mentioning the fact that nearly all of the nasty
email viruses are confined to Microsoft products. I would have liked to
have seen a discussion about why MS doesn't consider these things as big
hole in their OS. Seems to my like a large majority of even the standard
viruses live in the MS realm. Wouldn't it strike you as a little alarming
if the product you are turning out is the target of so many easily
constructed destructive programs because of the way your product is
designed and implemented?

Anyway. It was just strange that they were emphasizing that basically all
the world's email systems were brought down because of this thing without
even noting things such as alternatives that wouldn't have these
problems....instead trying to scare the public into consuming more
unecessary software to patch up a leaky operating system with third party
products instead of encouraging people to get a brain and exercise their
free-market will to force product improvement.

*shrug*

T

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