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Security news26 October 2001
Sophos warns early adopters of Windows XP against security complacency
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"The fact that there are no XP-specific viruses in the wild seems to be leading people to the incorrect assumption that XP will render them immune to virus attack, at least for a while," warns Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos
Cluley adds that although XP-specific viruses are inevitable, this is not really Microsoft's fault. Viruses exist for a wide range of platforms, including Macintosh, Unix, OS/2 and even IBM mainframes. Vulnerability to viruses is a natural side-effect of an operating system which is useable in the real world.
"Virus writers seem to have got off lightly in the past, with Microsoft copping a lot of the blame on their behalf. This is like blaming bricklayers for the graffiti which gets sprayed all over the walls they build," continued Cluley.
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