Re: (OT) A Linux Newbie's Main Issue With Linux

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Green" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Annoyances] A Linux Newbie's Main Issue With Linux


> On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 01:24:04PM +0800, Renan G. Galang wrote:
> > > Let me point this out first. I'm a very satisfied user of SuSE (8.2).
And
> > all
> > > the annoyances with Linux mean nothing to me if I compare it with my
> > friend's
> > > M$ XP. He spend the whole weekend to get rid of that Blaster
virus!!!!!!!!
> >
> > -- huh? that long? you only have to kill the blast.exe process and
delete it
> > from the
> > drive -- that's it. install the patch, don't install the patch (activate
the
> > firewall though) --
> > doesn't matter. just delete the file...
>
> Offtopic, but doesn't Blast install a backdoor into the system?
>
> In that case it's best to backup any data on C:, fdisk and reinstall
windows,
> because you don't know _what_ other kinds of nastiness might have got in.
> -- 
> Robin

-- i'm not sure, because from what i read the blast.exe process *is* the
backdoor ...
then again, i may be mistaken. but still, you are correct in that there
still might be some
other kinds of "nastiness" left...

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