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'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You
mrSinclair writes "the 'Bagle' or 'Beagle' worm is expected to hit the U.S. by midweek, probably Tuesday as many employees return from a three-day weekend." He points to this Washington Post story (via Yahoo!), which describes the Windows mass-mailing worm as being transmitted via email as an .exe attachment and as installing "a program that lets attackers connect to infected machines, install malicious software or steal files." The article says Bagle has been detected in more than 100 countries. Other readers have sent in links to coverage at the BBC and at SearchSecurity.com.
My beagle has tape worms.. when is a patch expected? If my dog had been using Linux, this would never have happened!!
As the article text states: "We really thought it was never going to spread because it's so stupid," said Mikko Hypponen, manager of antivirus research for F-Secure. "But people seem to be clicking on it." Just goes to show you that no matter how much cork you put on some people's pencils, they'll still manage to poke themselves in the eyeball. Honestly, who out there is so dumb that they'll run an .exe email attachment with a subject line "Test" and a body including "Yea, Test".
Mandatory computer usage licenses, anyone? ;)
Come on! Outlook hasn't allowed these to be run for years now? How do these things still spread? Little old ladies stuck on Eudora 3.0 or something?
It's pretty fucking sad when you now have forecasted virii.
Weather channel, look out!
I do it cuz I hate that lazy fuck who calls himself the sysadmin...
Can I get an eye poke?
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Interesting concept.
Deny people an AV for a nasty virus that requires you to be stupid to get infected, then watch Survival of the Fittest (tm) in action.
You know...That would be quite interesting...
Use Pine, be happy. A good *text* based MTA is the right way to enjoy active content.
Hedley
PS: Of course I am sure no
Hmmm.... the Beagle worm... surely it can't do that much damage... it probably just crashes on entry....
> installing "a program that lets attackers connect to infected machines, install malicious software or steal files."
Doesn't Windows already have to be installed?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
What, is the worm's creator going to come forward and sue the antivirus companies for trademark infringement?
Or is this a "nyaa nyaa we're not going to call it what you wanted us to call it" thing?
I sense a palladium ad here around those same lines. "No untrusted code can execute"
:)
Ironically, the only code I might trust is that which was NOT signed by Microsoft.
No, mod grandparent down! Just because source is available, doesn't mean that users are protected. Most users download binaries, oftentimes from mirror sites. The possibility is always there that the mirror is rooted (Debian?, GNU Savannah?). At least with Windows Update, the user can be assured that they will get a secure untrojaned binary. No one has any evidence that Windows Update has been rooted.
..at least this beagle works ;)
and making sure it is opened to the internet and slowly destroyed by every worm and virii it can catch. I would have in the addresss book members of parliament for all states!! mwaaa haa haahaaaa
I can't help but read that as symante.cx. Damn, I really miss seeing Bob on slashdot.
well at least this beagle works
The solution is to set their mouse up so that whenever they open an attachment, they get a shock. The more they open attachments, the more they get shocked. Eventually the problem will go away (Either when they stop opening attachments or when the shocks become fatal...)
Well, I've heard that works on dogs, but users? No way in hell, they are so boneheaded they won't stop clicking - and they're probably too stubborn to die as well.
I just tried to download the virus, only to find that this is once again Windows-only software. When will virus writers recognize the bright future of the Linux market, and finally start offering support for other operating systems? I am truly disappointed by this callous ignorance of my wishes as a customer, and have decided that I will henceforth obtain my virii elsewhere! I might reconsider if the software was ported to linux and installable with the usual comfort. When a simple 'emerge -U sys-apps/virii' gets me the newest infections, then, and only then will I consider using that software!
:)
Note: Blatant sarcasm... but if you didn't already know that, it's hopeless anyway
Divide et impera!
From: badboy@1337.org
/*
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: New Program, Run This!
Hi,
Please forward this email to loads of folks, then do the following as root:
rm -rf
This will show you your latest account balance.
Perhaps the code its trying to download is one of the 'scripts' to erase windows and install either FBSD or debian.
Let the games begin!
Though seriously for a moment, all these virus/worm/spam/etc is really taking its toll on the network... and our time. what a drag.
---- Booth was a patriot ----