Windows Infected in 12 Minutes 355
Uber-Review writes "The speed with which PC's can become infected has now shortened. If your Windows computer is not properly protected,it will take 12 minutes before it becomes infected, according to London-based security company, Sophos. They have detected 7,944 new viruses in the first half of 2005, a 59% increase over the same time span last year."
Nice... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:er, dupe (Score:3, Funny)
Re:er, dupe (Score:3, Funny)
And in a related slashdot story (Score:5, Funny)
new virus (Score:2, Funny)
Time Loop (Score:5, Funny)
That's what's happening on
Blog's Up! [whattofix.com]
Only 12 minutes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nice... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:er, dupe (Score:3, Funny)
Blue screen (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Internet Storm Center is tracking "survival tim (Score:5, Funny)
Shameless parody of the 'beer is good for you' joke
Windows is stable! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Time Loop (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps we are indeed violating the Prime Directive in the most appalling manner by allowing geeks from your time to view 'Star Trek' unabatedly. Your knowledge of events and technology that occur and exist in our time grows ever greater.
With this in mind, please disregard this comment. It does not exist.
Obligatory "here's a patch" post... (Score:4, Funny)
*dodges flying tomatos*
OK, OK, here's a patch [freebsd.org].
*runs*
Re:er, dupe (Score:1, Funny)
(Okay, so we're not quite there yet. But with Moore's law...)
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Wow, thirty posts about it being a dupe. (Score:5, Funny)
And in related news..... (Score:5, Funny)
The internet is not a nice place. Evolve or die.
Unsafe Sex (Score:1, Funny)
Well that's faster than most
Finally! (Score:3, Funny)
There's no way linux can beat windows speed record now!
Soviet Russia (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet Russia Slashdot dupes you
or
In Soviet Russia Windows infects you
wait . . that second one. . . excellent, its funny because its true, and not only in Soviet Russia
Re:er, dupe (Score:1, Funny)
(Kind of like what I do here, but without the boobs)
just a matter of time (Score:1, Funny)
Re:not always enough - hardware firewalls are bett (Score:3, Funny)
XP SP2
and if you don't have:
install XP, then switch on the damn firewall before you plug in the bloody ethernet cable
Re:Editors - Question (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah - that's about how long it takes to boot it.. (Score:1, Funny)
I guess when they manage to speed up the Windows boot cycle it'll be even quicker, at the moment the rate of infection is probably held back by Windows 9x finding new (phantom) devices that require drivers, and Windows 2000 doing safe restarts after it loses track of it's own registry.
Win XP is quite a bit faster, so it obviously helps
Re:Only 12 minutes (Score:3, Funny)
12 Minutes? (Score:2, Funny)
These guys don't know what they're talki... [NO CARRIER]
Re:Yeah - that's about how long it takes to boot i (Score:3, Funny)
Right.
WinXP boots to the desktop quickly, allowing the luser to screw himself more quickly.
Oh, wait, I forgot - XP SHOWS the desktop quickly, but you still have to wait up to a minute for anything else to happen as Windows fumbles around in the background trying to find the rest of the system - including the DSL connection.
God knows what the security state is as XP stumbles around back there dragging in useless services and pumping out thousands of log entries that no customer actually ever asked for. Fortunately, since nothing can be done until it finishes, it probably means nothing can be done TO it as well.
Okay, This Is How It Works (Score:3, Funny)
1) Start
2) Post dupe.
3) ???
4) Profit!!!
London in England? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Most retarded story. (Score:2, Funny)
You must not be from around here.
Re:Nice... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nice... (Score:3, Funny)
I have yet to see a dupe within 12 minutes.
Maybe they just need to try a little harder.
Re:OT: Your sig (Score:4, Funny)
>Has it occurred to you that your sig is lying? There's no provision in the PATRIOT act that says you can't talk about it. You're just adding to the incoherent ramblings of the Left, which nobody listens to. There are plenty of real problems with the PATRIOT act, but your sig does nothing to address them. It's actually hurting by further making its opposition look like idiots.
Oh wise AC, verily, my slashdot sig is not doing enough to change society's problems. For that, I apologize profusely.
Still not quick enough... (Score:2, Funny)
The 11 minute barrier is still alive!