French fighter planes grounded by computer virus

[icekid]

http://www.defenceaviation.com/2009/...ounded-by.html

The aircraft were unable to download their flight plans after databases were infected by a Microsoft virus they had already been warned about several months beforehand.

At one point French naval staff were also instructed not to even open their computers.

Microsoft had warned that the "Conficker" virus, transmitted through Windows, was attacking computer systems in October last year, but according to reports the French military ignored the warning and failed to install the necessary security measures.

I still don't get it!! Even the world's defence forces depend on Microsoft.. Why don't they just move to linux...

P.S: The virus spread through personal laptops so they couldn't upload the mission data. I have no idea what French Airforce main computers run on though...

[Faun]

Probably they were thinking it as a child's play

[kin.vachhani]

imagine the figher plan in a dog fight and at the time of pressing fire...the screen shows "u dont have administration privilege..Please login as administrator"...lol

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by icekid

I still don't get it!! Even the world's defence forces depend on Microsoft.. Why don't they just move to linux...

P.S: The virus spread through personal laptops so they couldn't upload the mission data. I have no idea what French Airforce main computers run on though...

Is it the fault of Microsoft that even after warning them long time back & giving them an update patch long back, French Aviation didn't apply it?

Blame everything on MS....yeah, right

[hellgate]

ppl just dont leave a chance to bash MS even though they'll use MS products with glee day in & day out.

[vaithy]

Thanks for admitting that it is the MS users who are bashing MS !! Perhaps their personal experience with MS is speaking loud!! I have seen a hardware guy who bash Linux even with out seeing the single boot screen..Because that is what they teach them in their class room...

[Liverpool_fan]

This is carelessness and plain stupidity IMO.
They should have patched Windows surely...No?

[MetalheadGautham]

Dumb French Airforce. The only thing the french do right is kiss

[apoorva84]

^^^good one..

[red_devil]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Dumb French Airforce. The only thing the french do right is kiss

LOL !!

[Faun]

^^French never won a war apart from their intra French revolution

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

Dumb French Airforce. The only thing the french do right is kiss

The Future Is Open

[Ecstasy]

Beware France- Nazi has reborn and its attacking in a different style now. =p

[Abhishek Dwivedi]

Originally Posted by kin.vachhani

imagine the figher plan in a dog fight and at the time of pressing fire...the screen shows "u dont have administration privilege..Please login as administrator"...lol

lolz man

[CadCrazy]

Few days back this conficker even attacked our company servers and chocked the whole network.

And yeah Linux FTW
Windows = Wiruses and Worms

[Faun]

^^Walruses


Bhala in daaton ka kya use ?

[cyber]

Originally Posted by kin.vachhani

imagine the figher plan in a dog fight and at the time of pressing fire...the screen shows "u dont have administration privilege..Please login as administrator"...lol

lol

[icekid]

I just got the magazine.. And I couldn't believe my post on this forum was published. But you guys should used a different photo. If you have asked me I would have suggested different Dasualt Raffale (the french fighter) photos.