Author: zirathzirath Date: Mar 28, 2008 02:03
VanguardLH wrote:
> "zirath" yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:f0hGj.4171$Yy2.1820@trndny04...>> We recently got an email claiming to be a microsoft upgrade that had
>> the "W32.Swen.A@mm" virus. I wrote to microsoft about it and got a
>> reply telling me how to prevent email viruses with nothing about that
>> microsoft was going to try to locate and stop the hackers.
>>
>> I realize that there are alot of these type of viruses but is
>> microsoft not trying to do anything about tracing and stopping them?
>
>
> It is not up to Rolex to prevent you from getting a replica watch from a
> fakir. So why is it up to Microsoft to become your personal police?
Actually, I'm sure rolex wants to stop fakes because it costs them money
- just as microsoft wants to prevent pirated software.
If I were a computer repair person and someone started going around
saying they were me in order to destroy people's computers, I would want
to stop them.
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