Digital BW, The Print

Hogarth Hughes writes:

> No, *that's* a fantasy. Human interaction is not required at all. The
> vast majority of infections and ownings are fully automated.

Describe one of them.

> They run scripts that probe PCs all over the net including
> the one you just connected, identify the vulnerabilities ...

Which vulnerabilities, specifically?

> In my own experience, it is nearly impossible now to install the OS from
> CDROM on a fresh disk drive, then connect to the 'net and download the
> patches. But the time your download is complete, you are almost assured
> of being infected.

How?