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'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You

Posted by timothy on from the opens-soon-nationwide dept.

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.

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  1. Sad state of affairs by LucasMedaffy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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? ;)

  2. an EXE?!! by DJ-Dodger · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  3. How sad... by NeoGeo64 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's pretty fucking sad when you now have forecasted virii.

    Weather channel, look out!

  4. Re:A question that must be asked by DA-MAN · · Score: 4, Funny

    I do it cuz I hate that lazy fuck who calls himself the sysadmin...

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  5. Can't do much damage... by grahamtriggs · · Score: 4, Funny


    Hmmm.... the Beagle worm... surely it can't do that much damage... it probably just crashes on entry....

  6. Huh? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    > installing "a program that lets attackers connect to infected machines, install malicious software or steal files."

    Doesn't Windows already have to be installed?

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  7. Why the name change? by fo0bar · · Score: 5, Funny
    The worm is also called "Bagel" and "Beagle." The writer has included the word "beagle" throughout the code, but antivirus researchers have tweaked the name to avoid calling it what the writer presumably named it.

    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?

  8. Re:Here we go again... by seanadams.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    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. :)

  9. OS support by reignbow · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :)

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  10. Re:BUT as per the GPL, we'd have the source! by gazbo · · Score: 4, Funny
    This is my first game

    Save the attachment, su, ./configure && make && make install

    I wish you will enjoy it!