Though this has virtually nothing to do with this site - it needs to be said. I'm going to quote Lex on this one because he says it better than me: Please make sure you take great care. Use a firewall if you can - I don't want to see any member of this forum have damage done to their computers. Thanks all. --LPA Staff. Edit: I don't think this affects those with 95/98/ME/Linux/Mac users as each OS has its own source code - but I'm not sure
Guys, don't over react. Most hackers and virus writers exploit holes that already exist, have been documented and not fixed. It's the real pros, the real experts working for reputable companies such as Norton who find those holes and would never, ever in a million years take advantage of an unpached system. The bad people who make viruses and hack computers don't even know what a single line of the source code does and sure as hell couldn't read it and find a security hole. Also, the code that leaked is a small portion. The source code that was leaked is around 600 megabytes, the entire Windows 2000 souce, every line of it, weighs in around 40 gigabytes according to another article on this I read. So as far as people releasing edited versions of Windows 2000, ain't gonna happen.
For those of you wondering about what a firewall is and or what to get check out "Zone Alarm". Its free, easy to use, and it works. Make sure you've got all critical updates from microsoft's update page as well, and have your antivirus loaded with the latest updates. Most importantly, don't open attachements of emails that look/sound suspicious and/or you don't know the sender. Lotta #### going around lately, gotta love microsofts shitty, i mean quality, software.
Come again on that one? --------- Anyway, I have ME. Sucks big time. Of course you knew it was going to be Windows that is hacked because WINDOWS SUCKS! We are all going to die because of Windows and Compaqs! *Goes crazy.* (There should be a smily of a guy in a straight jacket. I'd be the number one user of it.)