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On 02/17/2015 02:27 PM, Chris Hill wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015, jd1008 wrote:
>
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-usa-cyberspying-idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216 
>>
>
> Also see 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/17/kaspersky_labs_equation_group/
>
> They never explicitly state that this stuff is Windows-specific; news 
> reports generally never ask the question. But there is mention of a 
> DLL, and of "the registry".
>
Well, Windows comprises like.... what? 90%? 95%? of
laptops and desktop computers. Is that not the case?
So it makes sense that dll's and registery would be
mentioned. But I am convinced that Unix'es and Linux'es
are also included for such infiltration.