Fake Windows Security Updates Spread Zeus Trojan

Thanks for the kind words...

Thanks, ArchDruid.

Try Linux. It's free and it works just fine. Windows is the computer equivalent to the anti-Christ.

I use Red Hat on my servers, but I need Windows for the software tools.

My statement entirely. LINUX ALL THE WAY, or mac.

How silly. Windows is just an OS like any other Get over it.

Ignorance is bliss, grasshopper, get over it. Or is you check getting cut by Bill Gates. There is a difference and standards do count.

Go with Linux. Takes a little work, but it's like the AK-47. Never quits and very secure.

I keep hearing that but I have no idea How to do so. I really don't want to screw this thing up again.

Oh! I love the AK and the SkS that come from Russia very good for what they were made to do.

I have windows 7 and AVG for a anti virus. the guy that set up my computer did it . I have had very few problems in four years.Mostly My own malfunctions but about once a year it does some weird shit as it just done the other day.

Linux is an open source platform that is free and supported by tens of thousands of computer programers. It is a unix type platform. I use OpenSuse on one of my laptops and Ubuntu on my old desktop. Works great with older computers. Does not crash and is inherently safe from internet assholes. It has a graphic user interface, so it looks like windows. Down side is that gaming is limited. Upside, it's free, like the air you breath. In fact, after they start charging you for the air, Linux will still be free. You can set up a dual boot system for windows and linux. But I would recommend dedicating an old computer to linux. It works great on old computers that f-up with windows. Down with Microsoft. Up the revolution! Let me know how it goes.

Ak-47, FN-FAL, M-14, Mossberg 500, M-16, Sig P226, 1911 and Rem 700. All you need in life to deal with certain issues. Still need the love of a good woman. Don't forget to treat her right. After all she is you missing rib.

Time to buy a computer to learn on I guess.

I do not trust the Rem 700 it will go off if ya look at it wrong. I would rather have a 303 than a R.700.

Gotta trim it out right. One shot.... hit the mark. Mine is long range .300 Win Mag. I sure don't want to fire that sucker all day long. My first rifle was a British .303... good and under appreciated cartridge, like the Nato nixed 30-06.

Love those external drives.....

Tell it brother. I rebuild old computers as a hobby and I put Ubuntu Linux on them. I still need to get OpenSuse.

I tell you what man- you try "going with linux", your computer wll be doing more than "weird shit". It is HARD, technical work and screwing around to get things going right. If you're really that worried about not being able cope with all the slings and arrows that net can throw at you then get a Mac.

Are Macs really worth the money?

download linux mint from http://www.linuxmint.com then download the easy usb installer http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

follow the simple instructions and run it from your usb stick :D oh its all free

you can also download linux mint and install it from inside windows... easy instructions, lol i think the installer only has 2 screens

haha looks like both of us have been using computers since we were in diapers :D linified and virus free

windows likes to taunt you... lol unless your playing videogames 16 hours a day windows is not needed lol

no.... a mac uses intel cpu's just like most pc's the hardware is actually worse. the way apple works is they make osx for apple computers only and charge an arm and a leg as if its magical technology. sadly windows is more secure then mac, but linux is the most secure. like telcod said its just like an AK, reliable cheap and available everywhere.

you forgot wine and the trusty terminal

No I didn't.

I will look at them the next time I go into the big city. Thanks :)

been using computers sin 1991 :D

oh well lol

lol i musta lost track of my comments haha so many replies everywhere

Untrue and unenlightened comment. Peace be upon you.

Good advice - though it won't be too long before Mac OS and Linux are targeted just as hard as Windows OS - just a matter of market share and how the criminal hackers perceive the ROI in development. Also, some variants are popping up that are cross-platform - clever monkeys.

I am using a custom build of linux. i wanted something that used little power and resources and still look sexy. i keep my win 7 side for ableton live and use my linux side for everything else.

"...Apple now beginning to take a lion's share of the market."

Um...no. Outside of the US, apple does not have any meaningful share of the computer market. Apple makes its money now as it has replaced the record companies as the primary screwers of musicians. Outside of the US, apple is almost non-existent in many of the markets they seem prominent here in the US, such as phones, tablets, computers, etc.

Besides, as a Mac user, you don't want more people using a mac. The primary reason why there are not many viruses is because only about 7% of the global market uses them. Its akin to saying that Amish people don't get their identity stolen as much as regular people so we should all start churning our own butter. If more people were to use Macs, then there were be regular attacks, as oppose to now....were basically now no one even bothers.

Those numbers are changing fast.

More IT departments are letting their users/salespeople purchase Macs because guess what.

Users are demanding Macs.

Just like IE has the market share now, but we all know it's a matter of time.

Even Microsoft knows they are on life support, they are still in business because of their extensive legacy applications.

I use Macs myself. I have Windows boot camped on my iMac. As far as malware there are a few trojans out there for Macs but you have to type in an Admin password to let them install. The guys spreading them are using the usual website download type of infection method to get them on peoples machine. I believe one was spread over BitTorrent with infected iWork and Adobe downloads. These are mostly botnet trojans right now. There is a company called MacScan that usually has free cleaners for them. Mac OS X is pretty secure if you pay attention. No OS is totally bullet proof.

Any Mac user who denies this will happen is not living in the real world. I am the President of a Mac User Group in N. Cal. I tell my members all of the time to start preparing for it. It will come sooner or later. We have had it real good for years and malware writers are starting to take notice.