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Cool flash applet HTML5/JavaScript page showing the history of the development of web standards and web browsers:
http://evolutionofweb.appspot.com/
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Symantec estimates that 1/3 of all SPAM was stopped when Microsoft (with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals and a court order) took steps to shut down the Rustock botnet. Other botnets (Bagle, Festi, Cutwail, Lethic, Grum, Xarvester and others) are stepping into the void left by Rustock. Whether Rustock will remain ‘dead’, is unclear as the Rustock programmers and Rustock ringleaders are still unidentified and still at large.
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has taken down a botnet and Rustock is not the only botnet.
We have known for years that personal and business desktop computers infected with viruses and bots were the primary source of the majority of SPAM on the Internet. Lack of computer literacy, knowing how to use and protect your computer, is the primary enabler of computer infection. Having anti-virus isn’t enough, you have to know how to protect your computer and how to surf the web and handle e-mail and files safely.
From the Web:
MICROSOFT
SYMANTEC
- March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report identified that global spam volumes fell by 33.6% between March 15 and 17
- Rustock Takedown’s Effect on Global SPAM volume
- Has The Rustock Botnet Ceased Spamming?
NEW YORK TIMES
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Apple released ProtectMac AntiVirus this month. <sarcasm> Curious, I thought Macintosh computers were immune to malware?</sarcasm>
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