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To: FourPeas

GOOGLE runs LINUX

I thought only Microsoft could catch a virus -- NEVER LINUX nor a MAC!

Just proves the point - the only reason that MS was getting slammed so much was because it was the leader (and still is) in OS.

Now that the other have so PUBLICLY gloated over the MS problems, they are now the targets.


10 posted on 07/26/2004 12:35:31 PM PDT by steplock ( www.spadata.com)
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To: steplock; zeugma
Read up on MyDoom. Here, I'll help: MyDoom

Zeugma - my apologies.

15 posted on 07/26/2004 12:40:22 PM PDT by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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To: steplock

Hate to burst your bubble there, but they were not "Infected", they were being bombarded by search requests from "Mydoom" infected (read MS OS), computers. Different animal all together.


16 posted on 07/26/2004 12:41:57 PM PDT by JustAnAmerican
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To: steplock
Um... The virus is indeed attacking Windows computers. It then uses those windows computers as a usefull idiot to slam other completely uninfected computer systems with data.

Think of it as being like democrats using the virus of socialism to cause their nonworking liberal hoards to vote for tax measures that steal money from those of us that do work.

19 posted on 07/26/2004 12:58:04 PM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: steplock
GOOGLE runs LINUX

I thought only Microsoft could catch a virus -- NEVER LINUX nor a MAC!


The nameservers used to resolve google.com are poisoned (but only from certain ip addresses):

Do a whois lookup on google.com. You may get back bogus info. If your computer gets back bogus info, it will have problems connecting to google.com.

If a nameserver has bogus info, then whether the site runs *BSD, Linux, MS-Window, IRIX, Solaris, OS/2, whatever, makes absolutely no difference. It's as if you got a road map with bogus info: you won't be able to reach your destination.

This is not a Linux vs. MS question.
23 posted on 07/26/2004 2:50:09 PM PDT by Mike Fieschko
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