[ Thanks to Arthur Marsh for this
link. ]
Another sad case of machines running MS-Windows being
infected by a virus and the situation spun so as to not be an
MS-Windows problem:
Linux saves Aussie electrical grid, which referred to a Sydney
Morning Herald article
‘Sinister’ Integral Energy virus outbreak a threat to power
grid, which avoids mention in the article of critical details
in the Inquirer’s article – machines running MS-Windows which were
infected with a windows-based virus were being used to monitor
machines used for control purposes that were running Solaris and
therefore not affected by the virus.Another article mentioning the virus problem,
Virus hits Integral Energy desktops published at zdnet.com.au
quotes Integral Energy’s take the whole situation:However, the spokesperson stressed that the power grid had not
been affected. “[The virus] attacks Microsoft products and the
network doesn’t run on Microsoft,” they said, adding that there was
absolutely no way it could make its way onto the grid.It seems that those affected and the media are at pains to avoid
these kind of problems being labelled “MS-Windows” problems.