More than half of Windows machines are INFECTED with malware

[Christopher Chan]

Edward Craig wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Christopher Chan
> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>   
>> Michael Haney wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Siggy Brentrup <ubuntu at psycho.i21k.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi Amedee,
>>>>
>>>> got it right now ;)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 00:31 +0200, Amedee Van Gasse (on Ubuntu mailing lists) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Fri, October 2, 2009 09:07, Conrad Knauer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I didn't realize it was that bad, but hey, on average that means that
>>>>>> every other Ubuntu install takes a malware-compromised system out of
>>>>>> commission :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Yep. The other Ubuntu install is one less for the other Linux distro's.
>>>>> First we had IBM, then we had Microsoft, then came Google, and will
>>>>> Canonical be the next Evil Empire? ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> Maybe, if they ever get large enough to really play with the behemoths.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Not likely, there's a little something called the GPL standing in
>>> their way of becoming anything even remotely like that.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I am sorry but that does not make any sense. You do realize that Google
>> is coming out with something that uses GPL software right? Their new
>> ChromeOS will be using a Linux kernel and I assume a fair bit of GNU
>> software too unless they intend to rewrite/create a good portion of what
>> goes into their operating system.
>>     
> The GPL ensures that there can be nothing we can't find in the OS.
> Whether we find it in time requires better concealment than I expect
> malware authors can commit to. Google might include easter eggs but I
> doubt any malware can take advantage.
>
>   


Oops...lost track of the thread...I thought Michael was going on about 
the 'ever get large enough' part. :-D


As for evil empire...somebody has to look to check for special 
'enhancements'...