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Targeted Worm Hits Kazaa's Network

Posted by timothy on from the worms-churn-the-earth dept.

sh0rtie writes: "Kaspersky Labs and the BBC are reporting that the Fasttrack network that Kazaa uses has been hit by its first targeted worm virus dubbed 'Benjamin.' Is this a clever RIAA creation or that of a mischievous virus writer? I guess we will never know, but the result is that it seems to be bringing unsuspecting users machines to a crawl with full hard drives and clogging up the Fasttrack network with massive amounts of traffic bringing more headaches for ISPs and sysadmins worldwide."

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  1. "Clever RIAA creation"??? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 3, Funny

    Look at the kind of music these fellows put out. Now tell me anything they create is "clever".

    - 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?"
  2. I fail to see the "worm" here... by Bollie · · Score: 3, Funny

    but the result is that it seems to be bringing unsuspecting users machines to a crawl with full hard drives and clogging up the Fasttrack network with massive amounts of traffic

    What? Doesn't that happen every time a new cammed version of Spider-Man or AOTC's is released?

  3. Hide the spice! by Limburgher · · Score: 3, Funny

    The worm is coming! It can smell the spice on your hard drive! Delete it, or it'll smash through it and destroy you!

    --

    You are not the customer.

  4. riaa by mosch · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is this a clever RIAA creation...
    I mean you no disrespect, but you're a fucking retard.

    "hey guys, I've got a great idea. let's make a virus that will expose ourselves to billions of dollars of liability, but will only shut down some minor piracy for a day or two, until anti-virus software makers have protection for it".

  5. virus? by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny
    it seems to be bringing unsuspecting users machines to a crawl with full hard drives and clogging up the Fasttrack network with massive amounts of traffic

    i had this virus once, only i named it 'roommate'.

  6. Re:How is it activated? by bonzoesc · · Score: 3, Funny
    The Kazzzasaazaz installer connects to the FastTrack network to download the actual filesharing program (the functionality in the installer + search + spyware and ads and robot monkeys that confuse your clock cycles for bananas and eat them while throwing monkey poop all over your hard drive). Since the client itself also has built in functionality to display stuff, it would be entirely possible to exploit a buffer overflow bug or something like that that slipped through the probably non-existend QC or some such.

    But Kaszzzasdfddsafaszzza is for frat boys, sorostitutes, and pre-teen girls. Real men use FTP or DC++.

  7. Re:JESUS MADE THE UNIVERSE by southpolesammy · · Score: 2, Funny


    Evolution is just more Yankee bullshit. Ever since reconstruction, the Yankees have been destroying the truth.
    Yet another reason to hate Steinbrenner....um, uh, oh nevermind...

    --
    Rule #1 -- Politics always trumps technology.
  8. Re:These poor script kiddies by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those are coded so well that they don't get noticed. Your PC is probably rendering 3D storyboards for Pixar and helping Japan simulate a-bomb explosions. Thankfully, everyone blames the lag on Microsoft products.

    Occasionally the cabal writes 'press viruses' like these to keep Kaspersky busy.

  9. Found 'em! by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pay to the order of : Hilary Rosen.