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Earthstation 5 Claimed to be Malware
Rob from RPI writes "You may remember the announcement about a company, or program, or both called Earthstation 5 who recently 'Declared War' on the MPAA. Well guess what? Turns out that it's got code in it that allows anyone to delete any file on your computer. I suggest that you un-install as soon as possible!"
Because the link is on geocities it's sure to be
Don't trust code from sources you don't know. I only provide these for the inevitable geocities
As of this writing, I haven't seen a single follow-up post.
Is it true? I don't know, Is it a hoax? I don't know that either. It has more than a few caveats about using the exploit, that's for sure.
What I do know is that that Geocities site with the exploit code will disappear bandwidth constrained faster than snot. :)
Link to Zeropaid discussion with the actual code http://www.zeropaid.com/news/articles/auto/1002200 3i.php
I heard about this yesterday from a posting by Random Nut (the individual that discovered this exploit as well as earlier security holes in Kazaa) on Zeropaid.com (forum link: http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=15259 ).
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f =40&t=5645&s=1ec6bf29bb73061ed185cbc3018f04b8) . Registration required to view forums, but it is worth it! The ESV forums are interesting since they make allegations of other site's involvement with the RIAA, MPAA, etc. yet have included a questionable exploit in their own software. These forums are rife with rhetoric and double-talk of Orwellian proportions.
The security exploit is being tested by members of the p2p community and has been shown to be a viable exploit (forum link: http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=20323#20
The operators of ESV have been slow to directly answer questions regarding this exploit:(http://forums2.es5.com/index.php?act=ST&
Please check your history before you post. The Palestinians did not come into existence until 16 years after the British handed over 1/3 of what the UN resolution required to form present-day Israel.
That's either amazing ignorance you've got there, or just the most blatant bit of lying I've seen on Slashdot for days. The "protectorate" of Palestine existed between the two world wars, and was effectively a colony of the British Empire. Jewish immigration increased dramatically during this period, a result of increased interest in Zionism, itself largely a result of anti-Jewish activity in Europe.
Palestine may not have been an independent nation state, but the Palestinian people had existed as a distinct race since biblical times when the Semitic tribes split along religious grounds. Remember that Jews and Palestinians are both Semitic races.
Israel was created following the even bigger influx of Jewsih refugees after the Second World War. Many of these refugees brought bitter memories of the concenration camps with them, and a willingness to use force to gain a nation state. The British were unable to control the situation, having been effectively bankrupted by the war, and eventually pulled out after increased bombings of their official buildings, etc. The result was bloodshed, as the Jewish militias ehnically cleansed large parts of Palestine. Pretty ironic considering the background to the Jewish desire for a nation state.
Chris
The *maintainer* of Earthstation V's domain record is fom Israel. I do not know what this signifies.
To see this, go here and click on the mnt-by ("maintained by") link.
No, no, no. This is not a sig.