[Elecraft] OT - Botnets - the growing threat

[David Wilburn]

Hams often are using older computers, running operating systems like 
Windows 98, that are no longer supported, and are no longer being 
patched, but still connected to the internet (often directly without a 
firewall / router).  In other cases, updates are considered a hassle, 
and are not performed.  These reasons, along with some bad decision's 
on Microsoft's part, plus human and criminal ingenuity, has led us to 
where we are today.

URL 
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/botnetscamsareexploding;_ylt=As4bfv_PnOJeewe_WGmiOQ5hr7sF 
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Dave Wilburn
K4DGW
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"For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will 
never know."