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04-03-2009, 03:52 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Has the recent internet scare affected the VPS Industry?
April 1 and nothing happens. The recent target this week of governmental computers in 103 countries by a rogue GhostNet and you have the makings of sequel to the movie "Hackers". Perhaps someone was trying to make a movie themselves as the vulnerability was programmed to take control of webcams and microphones. Regardless, this could be the catalyst that pushes viruses companies to develop software that not only looks for signature base threats but also detects 'suspicious behavior' incorporating heuristic protection capabilities. For the time being it seems the recent Windows exploit has been patched by the fine folks at Microsoft. The moral of the story: if you are running the Windows OS contact your VPS provider to make sure they have installed the latest patches.
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04-03-2009, 04:09 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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has not scared me really. I use a paid virus scanner and one i have been creating one myself. the suspected did happen at my work but only got a few computers.
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04-03-2009, 06:15 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Conficker paranoia
VPS industry is mainly based on Linux, then the conficker hoax cannot affect it seriously. And serious VPS Window$ providers are safeguarded against viruses...If Window$ VPs customers open doors for virus this is another problem, a personal problem, not a VPS industry problem...
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04-03-2009, 06:16 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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