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Targeted Worm Hits Kazaa's Network
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."
Mrs. Hoover, can I have another worm? I ate mine.
Bwahahahahahahaha.
Those Luddites? I'm surprised they don't use a pen make by plucking a feather from a goose's ass.
Oh that's rich. Thanks for laugh...
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This is why i dont use windows
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
The entertainment industry will be pleased!
Video Game cheats, hints a
This is not a troll, and it's not offtopic, if Slashdot is truly about "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters":
The greatest evolutionary theorist since Charles Darwin died of cancer at his Manhattan home today... here's the New York Times obituary.
I submitted this story and it was rejected. Apparently Nintendo price cuts and the latest Star Wars box office figures are big news today, but not this.
I suggest that when Slashdot editors reject stories, they put their names on them, so we the submitters can start to figure out who ignores this kind of hugely important news in favor of trivia. Anonymous users are labeled as "cowards"... seems to me the same applies to anonymous editors.
Of course I fully expect this story WILL appear on the front page later tonight, or tomorrow, or better yet, in two or three days, after another 50 people have submitted it, and Taco or Timothy or somebody finally recogizes its significance.
Just wait until Taco finds out that the anonymous web site is actually the Slashdot advertisement program.
Isn't it ironic that these people, who are parasites on the belly of the commercial bear, now have a worm of their own? If I were christian, I'd say this is the solution like aids to the homosexuals.
Why I love spam
by Barry Dennis info@Netweb.com
Am I crazy or what? I love spam! My spam is important to me. In this new age of the Internet, I need the information and opportunities that e-mail marketing provides. So what's the big deal about spam? I think a few well-meaning but uninformed politicians and advocacy groups have decided what's good for us.
In the ancient, pre-Internet days, I used to get all kinds of mail in my U.S. Postal Service mailbox. The mail had stamps on it; later on it had imprinted postmarks of one kind or another. I was in the direct-marketing and mail-order business, so I used my name and address as a quality-control measure, just to see how long the mail would take to actually arrive at my house. As you can imagine, my name found its way to many different lists of one type or another, and I got lots of mail. Depending on the perspective of the recipient, it was called "junk mail" or "file 13 candidates," or "recyclable materials." Individual pieces included catalogs of every type and description, magazine and book club offers, resort vacation packages and credit cards. Can you believe it? Offering me, an entrepreneur, a credit card? Had they lost their minds?
And I loved it.
I loved reading the offers; I learned things and I even bought some things. They say the easiest sale is to a salesperson, and maybe that's true. But I was a tough customer. I only bought what I needed, or in some cases what I wanted, because they convinced me with good copy, attractive product art and presentation, and with offers backed by a guarantee. They convinced me I had made a great decision. They were (and still are) reaching out to satisfy my needs as their research indicated. Now, in addition to my mail at home and at the office, I get e-mails. Lots of e-mails. And for the most part, I love them. They tell me about things I'm interested in, such as services and products that might satisfy some of my needs. They provide information referrals, ideas and food for thought. And e-mails are smart. They don't require a postcard or envelope with postage to get more information--you just click "reply." Or in many cases, click on the "hot link" direct to the e-mailer's Web site.
Look, here's the deal. Spam is the "junk mail" of a few years ago. There is still "junk" mail, although I prefer to think of it as marketing mail--searching for new customers and reinvigorating established clients. My spam is important to me. In this new age of the Internet, I need the information and opportunities that e-mail marketing provides. The Internet is a new marketing channel, an information research assistant, and a replacement for some of those mail-order catalogs I used to request. And man, the response time!
The courts and the Federal Trade Commission long ago thrashed out the framework for people taking their name off mailing lists by using the Direct Marketing Association-maintained "opt out" list. Mailers run their list through the DMA and matches are culled for each person from that list. People don't get what they don't want. But did you know that many of the people on the DMA file have requested catalogs or information by direct mail within a few months of their "opt out?" Why? Because we have grown used to getting information this way. If we need to, we can do the same thing using the DMA, or the Internet Advertising Bureau, or another industry trade group.
So, what's the big deal about spam? I think a few well-meaning but uninformed politicians and advocacy groups have decided what's good for us, and in their zeal, they are trying to establish a new and unwarranted benchmark for the marketing channel we call the Internet, and for one of its components: e-mail.
We really have to fight this intrusion. E-mail is no less commercial speech than other forms of communication; e-mail is a new and--in some cases--a better way of quickly identifying, qualifying and servicing customers. Large catalog marketers are pleased with the growing percentage of Internet-driven business, and they use e-mail to offer specials and other information potentially valuable to their customers, at less expense than mail-only contact programs.
Not everybody has an e-mail address or access to the Internet: Approximately 70 million U.S. households have computers, out of 120 million total, but not all of the 70 million have access to the internet or e-mail. Most businesses do have Internet and e-mail. There are some e-mails I get that I don't want or appreciate: pornography, two credit card offers every day (give me a break!), and some others. But you know what I do?
Hit delete. I hit delete, and I'm free. As for the rest of my spam: Keep it coming!
about the writer
Barry Dennis is president of Netweb, an Internet and offline marketing and public relations agency.
Sorry your story got rejected and you don't get any karma, but please. Enough with the ragging on people because they talk about other stuff besides your pet topic.
/. editor who rejected the story, are not.
This is not the first time I (or people I know) have submitted matters of major general interest that have been ignored. I'm not a biologist or paleontologist, so it's not my "pet topic," but I'm smart enough to recognize that Gould was a genius and a major figure in the history of science.
Apparently you, like the nameless
Shut up you paranoid old fart.
Evolution is of the Devil.
Jesus made the Heaven in 6 days, and made it feel good to have sex. That's why we do it!
Evolution is just more Yankee bullshit. Ever since reconstruction, the Yankees have been destroying the truth.
Praise God.
ps Jesus got deathstar !
I have just been sent an email, I got it in Kmail on linux, - I've been sent a few virus emails lately, so far been imune to email infection by using linux + mozilla for certain attachments, to get all my mail. .htm which I opened with konqueror - bullshit USA property so I suspect install.exe is a virus
this seems to be from comcast.com
jkastrati from Kaspersky with a W32.Elkern removal tool install.exe an odd "Attachment: 2" and a
Kaspersky sell Linux antivirus
I use nabou, and fairly tihgt Mndrake Security, plus Bastille and portsentry - which plays me a few bars of Little Feat when I get scanned or port connection attempt.
* pointing at all the half-wit, Windoze using, Kazaamazoo users
HA HA!
* pointing at script kiddie who was too stupid to put a TTL on his worm and therefore, max'd out the bandwidth on his site (along with drawing a whole bunch of attention to himself)
HA HA!
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"Benjamin" is the name of a Biblical character that was part of a large family of 12. He was the only one that stood up for his youngest brother, preventing his other brothers from stoning him to death due to jealousy.
:)
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I'm not sure what relation this has to the RIAA and such, but I'm sure you can derive parallels.
Oh, and it's my first name. Good choice!
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