New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger

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New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 1, 2004 @09:29PM from the new-year-new-problems dept.

vxone writes "Anti-virus experts are watching a new worm that spreads through Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger client. The worm is not harmful to infected machines and has infected only a few PCs at this point, according to an analysis by Trend Micro Inc. Known as Jitux, the worm is self-propagating and contains a link to a Web site that automatically downloads an executable file named 'jituxramon.exe' to the PC. Once the file runs, the worm begins sending out copies of itself to all of the names in the user's Messenger contact list."

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Re:solution by Zork+the+Almighty · 2004-01-01 21:58 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Well, if you get an account and log in, you'll quickly realize that the moderators are morons.

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DOUCHEBAG MODERATORS by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-01 22:10 · Score: -1, Flamebait

How the fuck can you mod the first post redundant, you fucking retarded shitbuckets?
Terrorists! by vogon+jeltz · 2004-01-01 22:30 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Jitux, which is of course an abbreviation for "Jihad Tux".
Evil Linux Hackers! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-01 23:04 · Score: -1, Flamebait

'jituxramon.exe'

The name says it all!
Re:Human-activated by Ben+Hutchings · 2004-01-01 23:59 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So it's a virus, not a worm. Great piece of journalism there, guys.
Re:ITS A VIRUS!!! by PhilippeT · 2004-01-02 00:27 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Sad... your both so very sad.

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Re:Helpful little program by p3d0 · 2004-01-02 02:14 · Score: 0, Flamebait
After all, (simpsonism) "no one who speaks german could be evil (/simpsonism) :)
That's just wrong for so many reasons. You have no business posting on a nerd site unless you're really committed to being a true nerd.
- A little Googling would find the correct quote: "No one who speaks German could be an evil man".
- The xml syntax is "<simpsonism>", not "(simpsonism)".
- You don't say "simpsonism" anyway. Everyone reading the site knows where the quote comes from, and if they don't, they can Google it.
- Ditto for the smiley.
- What the heck does this quote have to do with the rest of your post?
Sheesh.
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Re:Sounds like a non-story by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-02 05:24 · Score: -1, Flamebait

Why do you post repeated replies to my messages? Isn't one enough? They do log IPs, you know.
Waah! I hate Slashdot! Waah! Cmdr Taco! Help! Waah!

What makes you think it's just one person? Do you have the proof? No? Just go shove the burden on to someone else so they can do your dirty work, eh? Isn't that what *you* usually do?
I think OSS is a great idea when it works.
I have yet to see *one* post where you praise OSS. I only hear you complain about why it's a bad idea or why it's a monumental failure. In other words you're full of shit.
I have no idea what you're talking about with the "damning entries" in my journal.
Go ahead and try to act innocent. You can try to erase the past, but the Google cache will call you a liar. That's just one entry (and it took less than a minute to find) that proves you *had* journal entries, but have since deleted them. All of them. If they were innocent, then why did you delete them? Damning indeed.

I'm sure that I could dig a little further to produce the journal entries themselves, but I really don't give a shit. You're a liar. Plain and simple.

Again, to quote you: "Next."