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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[When the cops track down these low lifes who generate a virus or worm,as they most likely will...the perps should be put in stocks on the courthouse lawn and publicly flogged..and THEN jail them for a mandatory 10 years.   An impression needs to be made on jerks like those.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 3:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[I totally agree with Frank.  I just paid over $200 to get that _____ virus off my computer, i know i should have backed up my most recent work but as most people don't i didn't.  System restore coule not be used with the malware and spyware virus i had.  When you have your family photo's and video on a computer it becomes more than just a computer, it's like part of the family.  That's why i would like to be the one giving the flogging to the one or ones who made up this ____ virus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 5:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[You do know that hackers and people who create worms, viruses, trojans, etc do get employed by the government.  They help make better secruity programs so the government can protect its computers so terrorists can't control the FAA, our energy grid, water supply, etc.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 7:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[System restore to an earlyer date will remove it.<br><br>I did it and it's gone now.<br><br>What balls these low lifes have!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[al]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Should just buy Macs! Their operating system is built to prevent such attacks!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mo9ernie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 3:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wrong, wrong, wrong.<br><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/02/apple_mac_av_advice/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/02/apple_mac_av_advice/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheAngryGamer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 4:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[mo9ernie  dont u know anything oss are programmed not built second the mac oss are actually more vulnerable than pc oss but since macs suck not many people have them so peopl tha have the gift to make viruses target the majority more people with problems = more mayhem     ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dpil1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 9:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[It got me on my work PC. I went online to purchase the anti virus software and within 30 seconds Home Depot's Fraud Dept was calling me at work asking if I was making several purchases of 29.99 someplace in Germany. Home Depot had to cancel my card and re-issue another one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 3:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[john u obviously don't know a thing about comps mac oss are not "built" more like programed to withstand viruses its that since macs suck not as many people have them so people that have the gift to create mayhem like this don't target the minority.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dpil1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 9:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[System restore is the safety valve!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimmy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 4:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Viruses, gimme a break. No wonder more people are waking up and buying Macs. When you are serious about getting a quality system, there is no better option. The fact that these viruses keep killing all those Windows boxes just proves how flawed the system is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TerryJ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 4:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mac's are not protected from viruses.  Let's get that straight.  If hackers decided that they wanted to attack Leopard they could.  They just prefer the masses, which is windows based. I own both OS's.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 7:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[dont u know anything oss are programmed not built second<br>the mac oss are actually more vulnerable than pc oss but since macs<br>suck not many people have them so peopl tha have the gift to make<br>viruses target the majority more people with problems = more mayhem stupid mac lovers so thickheaded ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dpil1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 9:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[HANG EM HIGH. YES, JUST HANG THEM.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BILL]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 4:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hang them is Ok but MIcrosoft is 50% guilty.<br>Have you notice 99.9% of virus production targets windows? why is so hard to set a virus in operative systems different than Windows? Why Microsoft can't make a secure system like Linux or OS MAC?<br>Hacker plays just MS wants that´s a part of Microsoft Corp. business and policy. Any Windows update is a guarantee (to control any computer using Windows. <br>Do you want a clean computer? ---> Never use Internet Explorer again (Try any browser) ---> keep away Google, Gmail, Yahoo or MS-Messenger ---> Delete browser cache, history and internet temp files after navigation ---> Update your anti virus every day. <br>And you, hacker guys why to keep wasting your talent and time? Would you please create a worm to block computers virtual ports to keep MS control away as well as our privacy? Can you imagine Bill Gates' nose after a slamming it with his own door?  <br>Stop screwing decent people please!     <br>  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MENDEX]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 8:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Umm the only reason you don't hear about virus attacks on MACs is because not enough people have them for hackers to even consider wasting their time developing viruses for them. The majority of computer users are PC users. MACs are just as susceptible to hackers as PCs, but no one cares enough to even bother (yet)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemaj82]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 5:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Total BS, the Apple architecture is not based on making DOS look like Apple OS. Mac is a much safer and cleaner base system. That is the main reason. It's always the same comment, not enough Mac users to make it worthwhile for hacker. Come on, think about that statement, hackers don't care, they go for the easy open door. That is always on Windows and Outlook aps.... Get a Mac and you'll be fine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[execk2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 5:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[What? Would you bother investing in something that gets you nothing?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikemaj82]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[execk2, so you rather go against the pros that says their systems can be subject to hacker attacks and tell everyone something that is baseless?  I have both a mac and a windows XP machine.  I've used a MAC since the early 90's and I'm sorry to say that they experienced much trouble with their OS's crashing consistently.  I'm not for windows either but I say both could use some type of work or other.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ipa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 7:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Tricky Windows Worm Spreads to 9 Million PCs]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2009/01/20/tricky-windows-worm-spreads-to-9-million-pcs/</guid><description><![CDATA[Buy a Mac get over it Windows users...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[execk2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 5:42PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
