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Malicious code inserted into Wikipedia pages spreads computer virus

http://en.wikinews.org

"In an exclusive report, Wikinews has learned that on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, two users, one anonymous and the other only known as MODX added code onto Wikipedia for a computer virus known as the LoveLetter virus or the ILOVEYOU virus..."

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Created by can.axis 24 weeks 14 hours ago – Made popular 24 weeks 2 hours ago
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Can we afford not to give our kids Linux?

http://www.itwire.com

For any parent, myself included, setting your kids loose on the net is a daunting prospect. We have to do it because the net is a fact of life - it's in our schools, the workplace, public libraries and in many if not most homes of the developed world. Therefore, do we really have any option but to give them Linux?

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Created by bridget 33 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 33 weeks 5 days ago
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Why Linux is better than windows for virus outbreaks.

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com

The age old "discussions" that float around the internet in regards to Linux and windows security are contentious ones. It all seems to boil down to Linux people saying that Linux is more secure and windows people saying that it is not. In this case the windows guys are right, with exceptions.

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Created by C733tus 34 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 34 weeks 4 days ago
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The end of Windows, or a security expert gives up

http://wolfgang.lonien.de

Security expert Bruce Schneier today wrote about the “Storm Worm” again. Go and read it and become very afraid if you are running the Windows operating system. Become even more afraid if you are responsible for a bunch of them, like in a company. And then get a clue and morph them all into something better, like installing any of the Linux/Unix/BSD variants.

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Created by greengrass 39 weeks 23 hours ago – Made popular 39 weeks 11 min ago
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Why Windows Users Are Insane

http://penguinpetes.com

If you read my last post, you know that - temporarily - I'm hosting Windows XP on one of the four computers plugged in here at the igloo, due to a donated computer. This post marks the 72 hour mark since I once again saw the Windows splash screen on a monitor in my home for the first time in seven years.

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Created by C733tus 41 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 41 weeks 3 days ago
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My first Linux virus?

http://systemcall.org

Wandering around my Linux filesystem I found a weird directory in /home …Ok, I thought, I didn’t create that. If it’s a virus, it’s the most stupid virus in existence, but, we never know… Then I got inside and see what files it had, and found this

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Created by C733tus 42 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 42 weeks 5 days ago
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Protect Your Linux Box from Viruses

http://www.maximumpc.com

There's a ridiculous rumor running around the net that Linux is so inherently secure -- or so securely obscure -- that you shouldn't even bother running an antivirus on it. But frankly, that's just not true.

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Created by C733tus 49 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 49 weeks 2 days ago
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