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New Windows Worm Inching Around Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dance-the-samba dept.

helixcode123 writes "The Register is reporting a Windows Worm that takes advantage of weak default passwords. This looks pretty nasty, as it mucks with the registry and disables network sharing." Basically if it finds SMB shares with weak passwords, it drops an executable in the startup folder... for once a security problem that isn't really Microsoft's fault.

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  1. Worm Itchin' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I've got a worm itching in my pants.

  2. Re:What were those commons passwords in Hackers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Likewise. Cowboy Neal has never not gone down on me for sanitary reasons.

  3. Re:huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    + ./is much better since I started adding fanboys and trolls to my foes list with -3/-1 penalty for foe/their friend.

    WTF are you talking about? You can't modify penalty for Friends of Foes.

  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia the worm inches around you.

  5. No cheating using Google! by rjamestaylor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No cheating using Google!

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  6. Re:What were those commons passwords in Hackers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So with a shave and a shower, you'ld let him go to kingdom come on your knob?

  7. Re:Phew! I'm safe! by yerricde · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The password from Wargames protects the authorization to use a missile with a nuclear warhead.

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    Will I retire or break 10K?
  8. Re:Phew! I'm safe! by rjamestaylor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You win a date with destiny!

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  9. IN INCONTINENT SOVIET RUSSIA by DrMrLordX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The worm inches . . .

    emh, excuse me

    *flush*

    Damned cholera.

    . . . around you!