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First (proof-of-concept) .NET virus
Juergen Kreileder writes "Symantec
says they've received W32.Donut, the first .NET virus: 'This virus targets EXE files that were created for the Microsoft .NET framework. W32.Donut is a concept virus. It does not have any significant chance to become wide spread. However it shows that virus writers are paying close attention to the new .NET architecture and attempting to learn how to exploit it before the Framework will be available on most systems.'"
This is, of course, not counting the slightly philosophical argument that .NET is the first .NET virus.
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charlton heston is more of a man than yo
Sounds like the vaporware phenomenon has extended to virii.
If Symantec were to host a poll that asked:
.NET secure, after we found the first virus to infect the software:
;)
Is Microsoft
a) Yes
b) No
c) Hell No
Would a) be the most popular choice because of Microsoft Vote-Rigging and Ballot Stuffing?
But does it work in Mono?
Ha! I kill me!
If you build it , they will sploit. And sometimes they'll be in line, waiting before it even premiere's
Wow, he managed to make a virus that infects MICROSOFT software? Holy crap....
Now that's a business strategy.
...was "voted" to be the "Platform of Choice".
lol
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, one OS to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.
...this is also quite possibly the first .NET application!
- A.P.
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
MMMMM, W32.Donut.
JET Program: see Japan, meet intere
.NET is an internet suffix like .com .edu .org .gov... After the DivX/DIVX debacle, I doubt a company like Microsoft would choose to recycle names and cause confusion.
The torch has been passed...
.NET
Outlook ->
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
Sigh. I must be in the minority thinking that the applications themselves can be written with security in mind. "
What the "experts" really mean is they have to completely rewrite their anti-virus software to be .NET compatible, and that everyone will have to buy brand new copies of those programs. So when M$ says that .NET is good for business, we know they're right about at least one business (anti-virus software).
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
so I'm curious. Is it easier to write viruses for .NET or is it easier to write viruses for Java?
but I thought that .NET was a virus
$1,000 per year +
$1,500 per application
Large Developer
$10,000 per year +
$1,500 per application
Virus Developers
$1,200 per year +
$0.25cents per computer infected*
* Tracking provided by Bill Gate's Email Tracking System(tm)
You said "Internet Shopping" when you should have said "AOL Shopping". If I want to buy a book online I don't want to be forced to sign up with AOL.
Repeat after me: AOL is not the internet.
I see this .NET stuff being unleashed upon us with holes in it before it even gets started.
Ermmm, which holes? You *did* read the article right? Or did you just not understand it?
I attended Bill Gates' keynote address at the CES convention this week. I (admittedly naively) expected something a little less partisan than what I saw, being that keynote speeches tend not to be so proprietary in nature. Okay, stupid me. But even in my wildest nightmares I never would have expected such blatant advertisement for Microsoft.
.NET. Pretty much all of the devices are networked, either through hard lines or wireless, and are Internet ready. After seeing how the M$ television set notifies you of (and lets you view) instant messages, for example, I had to wonder if some day hackers will occupy their time busting into your home appliances with VB script.
I went just because I wanted to see Bill himself for some odd reason (I guess just to say that I did), and I paid the price. It was 1.5 hours of overproduced propaganda for M$ home electronics, ranging from the X Box to home automation to PDAs to music players to just about anything that could possibly have a single byte of M$ software grafted into it. Billy made it clear that they will dominate the world in all arenas, and I almost literally came away shaking.
Central to many of the things he and his buddies demonstrated there seems to be
It's definitely time to be scared. The day may soon arrive when you pay M$ licensing fees with every toaster oven purchased, and even your freaking toilet can be hacked.