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Great article covering the past 20 years of malware

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=3263533

by cocoon • 15 years ago

6 2 15 years ago

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bediger• 15 years ago

Shouldn't that be "Great article covering the past 20 years of Windows malware", given that the article title is 20 years of innovative Windows malware?

All computers don't run Windows anymore.

Beyond that, isn't the real question "What sociological factors have prevented Linux, Mac, etc from attracting the dense cloud of malware that Windows has?"

Isamu• 15 years ago

I used to collect viruses - found "in the wild" when my friends and co-workers' machines became infected.

I disassembled them and studied them a bit. Very interesting! I remember some ancient boot sector viruses that spread via floppy.

Haven't thought about them in years.

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