(from /.) sandvine reports that 80% of spam now comes from windows computers that have been infected with worms (eg. bagle.a through k). you gotta put some if the blame on ms for shipping millions of copies of windows with numerous gaping holes. this article at /. (and the article it references why windows ia a security nightmare) sums it up well: "Microsoft has set aside a $5 million fund for paying off informants on malware authors. In my opinion a good chunk of this money deserves to be paid to individuals who help catch the Microsoft employees behind the design of Windows Registry and Windows Update. As I found out, the two mis-features work together to deprive Windows users of all protection from malware. " just the fact that you have windows machines getting infected (we have seen this at clients numerous times) within seconds of being connected to the network, before the security updates can even be downloaded and installed. nuts, just nuts.

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