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Netsky Worm Variant Attacks P2P Services

Posted by timothy on from the lack-of-attention-syndrome dept.

ee_moss points out this Washington Post article (via Yahoo!), excerpting "The latest variant of the Netsky worm directing infected computers to launch Web-based attacks against music- and file-trading Web services such as Kazaa, taking down at least one company's Web sites in the process. The worm, the 19th version of a bug that made its debut in February, is also targeting some Web sites that offer computer programs designed to illegally break or bypass copyright controls on software programs."

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  1. read between the lines by boisepunk · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "The worm, the 19th version of a bug that made its debut in February, is also targeting some Web sites that offer computer programs designed to illegally break or bypass copyright controls on software programs."

    Come on people! Read between the lines. The MPAA and the RIAA are being just as bad criminals as the people they seek.
    1wrong + 1wrong != 1right
    The aforementioned entities have had a hard time already being the moral side, this just makes it worse.

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  2. Re:It's not that surprising . . . by neoform · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    why was this modded as funny? i don't use any virus software, i use a firewall, but as long as you're carefull with your downloads, you should never really come across a virus.. i haven't and i download stuff of p2p networks all the time. mind you i don't use any MS products, with exception to windows.

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  3. Re:It's not that surprising . . . by cyt0plas · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The reason it's "funny" is because most viruses don't advertise they have infected you.

    This is slashdot - it doesn't take much to be funnier than most of the other posts.

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