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pcernie

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Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/36 ... infections

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Re: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

And Virgin have/had a free security program for all windows users. :oops:

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Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:16 pm

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Re: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

Which 99% of their subscribers never bother to download and install. But it means Virgin have an excuse for not spending any money on network security themselves....

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Re: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections


	jonbwfc wrote: Which 99% of their subscribers never bother to download and install. But it means Virgin have an excuse for not spending any money on network security themselves.... Jon

I never downloaded it because it was windows only. I never had any problems.

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Re: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

Amnesia10 wrote:


	jonbwfc wrote: Which 99% of their subscribers never bother to download and install. But it means Virgin have an excuse for not spending any money on network security themselves.... Jon

I never downloaded it because it was windows only. I never had any problems.

That you know of

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Re: Serious crime unit flags Virgin botnet infections

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	Amnesia10 wrote: I never downloaded it because it was windows only. I never had any problems.

That you know of

True but I do keep an eye on my network traffic and while both my machines are running I can see if they are syncing. I also run AV scans on both machines and have found nothing yet.

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