Comments on: Sober worm makes a comeback

Mass-mailing pest is spreading again, harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, security companies have warned.

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The MAC and Linux community would appreciate it greatly if you would go that extra step in reporting these things to the world by including the phrase
"These are ONLY affecting Microsoft PC's" !!!!
"Linux and Mac PC's are not affected"

Thanks....

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So true.

This is NOT an email virus. This is a Windows/Outlook virus. The media people need to harp on this LOUDLY. Microsoft's feet need to be held to the fire everytime this occurs or things won't change.

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Give it a rest

What the press needs to SHOUT is that with an up to date anti-virus program, even Windows PC's are no longer affected. This could have been squashed in a day. Then they need to point people to free or low cost antivirus ( http://www.grisoft.com )(hint hint wink wink) .
Lets face facts. If the affected users switched to the Mac, virus writers would target the Mac, and easily score. A fool who can't be bothered and is willing to double click anything comming into the inbox on a PC is just as easy a target on anything else.

As I sat there

As I sat there, Symantec's alert pop-up window appeared, alerting me to a fast-spreading problem. I installed the fix & kept on working, using Outlook & Outlook Express.

BFD - there's a fallacy circulating, that if someone is using M$ products, that probably ARE porous, they have security issues. All it takes, is properly security software & hardware & the right settings (no automatic downloads & no automatic running) and things are Hunky Dory.

Sure, M$ have some buggy code - but RULE # 1 - ALL SOFTWARE HAS BUGS. Apple just released a bunch of fixes - apparently not security related, but bugs none the less. There are also issues with Tiger, where it doesn't interact correctly with existing software & where the vendors are having to fix their own software, to deal with Tiger.

So, providing people don't rely on security software that comes with an OS & install & set it up correctly, it IS possible to use buggy applications, like Outlook.