Thanks Marc, JFC, Carl.

Some years ago attended an IPv6 training workshop where learnt of
detected much much traffic from closed source OS's traffic over the
Internet. I couldn't help but wonder how much of that might have been
"calling home and delivering stuff"?

Probably this has been going on for decades?

Regards,

Alex

On 6/13/12, Carl Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Mark,
>
> I am a long time computer pro retired.  I did a little research and
> found that "flame" installs as an MS update and uses MS credentials.  If
> true, MS has some responsibility to prevent installation.  And indeed,
> as the credentials call home as a necessary function and MS has not
> corrected the problem, it seems as if it truly is their software.
>
> Lou
>
>   6/12/2012 9:50 AM, Marc Perkel wrote:
>> http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/12/12172042-is-flame-virus-fallout-a-chinese-russian-plot-to-control-the-internet?lite
>>
>>
>>
>> Not the best article but United States abuse of the Internet by
>> creating super viruses could lead to ICANN losing control. I
>> personally think Flame and Stuxnet will end up being a huge mistake.
>>
>>
>