OT: Phishy Paypal -- reinstalling OS helps?

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Troy Rollins  wrote:

> Without the right protection tools in place, a PC can become infected
> simply by having unrestricted access to the internet.

What's sadly amusing is that TechTV labs (G4TechTV) did a non-scientific
test of setting up three new, out of the box unprotected systems in their
offices and connecting them to the Internet: one running Linux, one Mac, and
one Windows.  The Windows system was accessed and hacked in about 4 minutes.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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