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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. Big whoop. by JanusFury · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh no, 3100 people got Nimda in a Gamespy Arcade installer. Oh no, a virus infected a webserver (who would have imagined something like THAT happening?). Oh no, the users have to download a free virus scanner like AVG to remove it. Oh no, it was their choice to download Gamespy Arcade in the first place.

    Oh no, this is absolutely nothing.

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  2. Never Deal With This Problem Again... by toupsie · · Score: 0, Troll

    Switch

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