Visual Studio .Net: Now with more Viruses

News.com breaks the story (and 8000 readers submit) that Microsoft distributed Nimda-infected copies of Visual Studio .Net in Korea. I don't even know what to say here; nothing seems adequate, except to point out that "trustworthy computing" does not seem to have had any effect whatsoever. News.com just updated their story to point out that it probably won't infect the people who installed Visual Studio .Net, but it's still a rather nasty faux pas for a company that's supposed to be cleaning up its act.

Comments

Re:Virus day?

[goldspider]

They must have realized how well it's worked for McAfee and Symantec and decided to give it a go themselves :)

Re:What... the... hell....

[Buck2]

What kind of fucktard are you?

Verizon Guy?

Are you getting paid for this?

Speechless...

[peterdaly]

I have never seen so many one or two liner post after a slashdot article.

This may be the first time Slashdot readers are left speechless.

-Pete

Re:Give it a rest

[MullerMn]

Of course, that's a problem with the Linux crowd. Feer of being, and being seen as, professional.

That's not something you'll have to worry about with spelling like that.

Yeah, I know. Spelling flames are the lowest form of internet wit. Blow me.

Re:Microsoft should be applauded for this

[rector]

The code of the Visual Studio is a separate peice of software under a different license. The only thing that would be GPL'd is the help files produced during localization.

Re:Microsoft should be applauded for this

[Amazing Quantum Man]

Sorry, rector, obviously I forgot the SARCASM tags.

What I posted was essentially parroting the MS anti-GPL FUD.

Re:..And in other news

[rector]

If you kill one person, you are a criminal. If you kill 1,000,000 people, you are a hero.

Re:Not entirely Microsoft's fault

[namespan]

You Eat Dog Now

Actually, in Korea, they do eat dog. Animal rights activists are consistently agitated over it.

If the reports are true that say they believe that beating the animal to a very painful and panicked death improves the flavor, I'm actually inclined to agree for once.

Re:Not entirely Microsoft's fault

[chris_mahan]

Oh, I know, that's why I put it there.

They also fornicate, as far as I can tell.

The bit about the dog: Oh well. You think that the cats, rats, and other such rodents that dogs kill don't die a very painful and panicked death?

It's the Circle of Life.

I actually think that one of the biggest reason the instinct of self preservation is so strong is because death is painful and panicked most of the time. And the instinct of self-preservation is really important for the long-term survival and evolution of a specie.

How did I get so off-topic so fast?

I've been hammered by these

[WillSeattle]

Some of my web pages have pacific keywords, so I've bounced more than my fair share of these to the FTC and other spam and abuse websites.

Sigh.

Friends don't let friends use Holey OS's.

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Re:I've been hammered by these

[talks_to_birds]

• "Some of my web pages have pacific keywords, so I've bounced more than my fair share of these to the FTC and other spam and abuse websites."

Excuse me? What?

t_t_b

Win is a Virus

[Glanz]

Well, considering that Windows itself is a virus, I am not surprised........ This is just one more thumbtack in the MS user's cell padding......