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Old 08-17-2003, 01:20 PM   #1
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this is kind of a technical topic, but this post is more aboot a statement on the rising "digital culture" so i think its better off here...

i think the word "virus" has gotten such a construed reputation over the past few years.. we hear aboot the ms blaster "VIRUS"... and we're immediately put in this state of fear like we're being attacked...

think aboot what we know aboot this "VIRUS"

it exposes an open port in microsoft windows... with a slight modification, instead of just restarting your computer, it could be wiping out your entire hard drive...

is that really a virus? doesn't sound like it to me... its EASILY curable... sounds more like a warning signal to me...

this "virus" does no harm to your system, but has raised MASSIVE awareness for this BRUTAL insecurity in your systems...

microsoft KNOWS aboot this... they know that every operating system after winME, has an open port...

that means anyone at microsoft, or their buddies "in the know" can access anyone's personal computers and retrieve any information they want...

conspiracy?

imagine every home in north america was built with a secret door that only a few people knew aboot... and those people could just enter your home anytime they pleased...

all this virus is doing, is alerting everyone aboot the door, and then telling them to lock it...

we should all be thanking whoever wrote the ms blaster "virus"... because he's done you a lot more good than harm.
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Hmmm...you make a good point.
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Aye... I think people generally has gotten too damn paranoid; to an extent it's not even funny .
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Well, if Microsoft would default their operating systems so that no Internet ports were opened, and then only open them FOR each individual program which requires it that YOU specify, then we wouldn't even have this mess to begin with

I say Microsoft is to blame

On a side note, it is pretty pathetic when someone makes a core component of their operating system vulnerable to SIMPLE MIDI files!!!! YES!! DirectX IS vulnerable to malformed MIDI files (there is now a patch available for it), but, COME ON!

That is RIDICULOUS!
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-> This <- is a good thread at www.spywareinfo.com in regards to the removal of the 'virus' or 'worm'

Just in case.
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Or Microsoft just sucks. lol
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True... very true ..
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its a conspiracy.
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