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Gamespy Installer Spreads Nimda

Posted by michael on from the more-than-you-bargained-for dept.

NSG writes "Yahoo News is running this story about the Nimda virus infecting some Gamespy Arcade 1.09 installers. Approximately 3,100 infected files were served in a seven hour period. What responsibility does Gamespy have to the users who downloaded the infected file?"

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  1. Re:They copied Microsoft by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Wants to get infected?

    Nice conspiracy theory you've got there, now you can provide some proof. Homebrew bug? I'd like to see some proof on that too. The McAfee virus was real, but the complaints about how the announcement was worded somehow turns into "manufactured virus" into the ears of the credulous anti-industry types.

    No one needs to keep creating viruses to sell product, there are simply way too many kiddies willing to do the dirty work themselves and for free. Next we'll be hearing how IIS web defacements are fake and run by the people at Apache to get people to switch to their server.