On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:28:28 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/ > has some unbelievable numbers: the average botnet (network of > compromised PC's) has 36,8000 members! > > None of these can be Debian boxes running chkroot regularly, right? > > They are all M$ boxes. > > Is that a believable number? > > H No, the comma is positioned incorrectly. Is it 36,800 or 368,000? Since the article uses the same bogus number I assume by the paragraph following that number that the author meant 36,800, not an unbelievable number at all if one considers the average internet-connected lifetime-before-invasion of an unpatched XP machine is only 12 minutes. Cybe R. Wizard -- When Windows are opened the bugs come in. Winduhs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
