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the following.
While some zombie computer crimes have been linked to computers
running Linux or Macintosh operating systems, officials have warned
that Windows systems are the most susceptible.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070107-042614-5177r
So far botnets have predominantly infected Windows-based computers,
although there have been scattered reports of botnet-related attacks
on computers running the Linux and Macintosh operating systems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Is there any real true to these reports? I haven't seen this reported
here or anywhere else. Are these just repeating the same story? Could
some one please elaborate if this is truly happening?
Kevin Hoyland
Iowa City Community School District<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This weekend, I have seen several stories that say some version of the following.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.2px;">While some zombie computer crimes have been linked to computers running Linux or Macintosh operating systems, officials have warned that Windows systems are the most susceptible.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.2px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070107-042614-5177
r">http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070107-042614-5177r</
A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">So far botnets have predominantly infected Windows-based computers, although there have been scattered reports of botnet-related attacks on computers running the Linux and Macintosh operating systems.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?_r=1&oref=
slogin">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?_r=1&
;oref=slogin</A></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; ">Is there any real true to these reports? I haven't seen this reported here or anywhere else. Are these just repeating the same story? Could some one please elaborate if this is truly happening?</P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; ">Kevin Hoyland</P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; ">Iowa City Community School District</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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