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LovSan Clone Let Loose
JMullins writes "According to Kaspersky Labs the LovSan virus has been re-released in a new form that has changed the appearance of the worm. It looks like the outbreak continues to get worse and worse, with no real end in sight until people can patch their systems. Net slowdowns are expected over the weekend when both versions of the virus start their attack."
Linux has its own problems. But you mod them -1 under the rug until the fsf site gets hax0red. troll but true.
Taking into consideration that the amount of infected systems is now reaching 300,000 the return of the worm will imply a doubling of this number and lead to unpredictable results faggot" In the worst case scenario the world community might face a global Internet slow-down and regional disruption of access to the World Wide Web
When was the Icon for MS stories changed from the Gates-borg to this four-colored tile thing? (is there a name for it). As funny as it was, I was wondering when it was gonna be changed... could this have anything to do with the recent poll on zealots?
"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
I hope they find the criminal(s) that releases these viruses and punish them really, really hard.
I think the time has come to set a very, very BIG example here.
I know this is Slashdot and that this virus is attacking the reputation of the Big Evil(tm)
, and that Microsoft should do a lot more to fix things, but there has never been a 100% secure operating system that has been run by more than 1 person.
If (When?) Linux/FreeBSD/etc had been run by every average guy in the street,
ofcourse the same thing would happen to those systems. The patch for this virus has been out for what, a month or so now?
And people still haven't patched their systems. Heck, I know people who have NEVER patched their systems, they don't even know what it is!
So yes, people should update their operating systems and so on and so forth, but by The Big Man In The Sky I hope they catch the releasers of these viruses and punish them really, really hard to set an example.
Breaking into other people/buisinesses' systems is considered a felony in most countries and this is breaking into possibly millions of systems,
so I hope the punishment will fit this crime.
It doesn't even take very much skill to even write a virus like this since someone else has already told you how to do it on BugTraq.
Head of the Dorks
Ok, the original writer is an asshole, the guy who copied it is a mega asshole. That would be like saying, "you know AIDS isn't deadly enough, I think I should make it better!"
I hate sigs.
People who store pornography on their computers deserve to get their data wiped.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
All Windoze boxes ought to be r00ted!!!!!!11
Especially if /. keeps serving up 7MB(!) adverts.
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