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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. I don't give a sh*t about karma. This is BIG NEWS. by Artifice_Eternity · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    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.

    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 /. editor who rejected the story, are not.

  2. Obligatory Nelson Reference by lkaos · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    * 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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  3. it might be interesting to know that... by CAIMLAS · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "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.

    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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