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echo: osdebate
to: Mike N.
from: Geo
date: 2006-06-28 18:30:18
subject: Re: 1 For Rich (A WGA Notifications Tool Remover)

From: "Geo" 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
news:n3p4a2lfuc8khc9aau3eeirgo6hlsqcpc6{at}4ax.com...

>   Just wait until the hypothetical activation code trojan finds its way
> onto a large number of computers and starts posting activation codes to
IRC
> chat servers.
>   All it would take is a couple of large corps and press being victims to
> this trojan to raise a real objection.

I've been pointing out that possibility on the security lists for 2 years
now, nobody has taken it seriously. Doesn't even require IRC, it could just
spam out the last 100 activation codes it compromised.

Geo. (that would end this nonsense overnight)

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