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BBC Cannot Call out Windows

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Summary: The BBC still seems unable to call viruses what they really are -- Windows deficiencies

THE MSBBC (now filled with many executives from Microsoft UK) generally does not call out Windows, meaning that unless some computer threat attacks a platform like Mac OS X, the MSBBC will describe the threat as a "computer" threat (so a computer rather than Windows gets the blame/liability). Yesterday we were shown yet another new example of this, where the MSBBC writes:



Hackers in Eastern Europe would use spam email to infect computers of small businesses and individuals in the US with a virus known as Zeus, the FBI said in a statement.


The virus known as Zeus, which we wrote about in [1, 2, 3, 4], is a Windows-only problem. Why can't the MSBBC call out Windows and better inform the audience?

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