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MyDoom Strikes Again
Renegade334 writes "Months after the last attack of MyDoom, MyDoom.AI returns. Like usual it was spread by e-mails with claims to have attachments that contain passwords for adult websites."
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The clients that are affected will not dare to tell me.
It's being reported that thanks to pro-active action from the porn site in question, the problem is under control...
"Nothing can shake my belief that this world is the fruit of a dark god whose shadow I extend." - Emil Michel Cioran
Where? Which ones? How do we get them?
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
The virus companies write variants and release them to enforce the upgrades. I worked at a popular AV company doing front end work, not the actual engine, and when we got together for drinks the engine writers would talk about upgrade paths from what they were working on. Ever wonder why most viruses don't destroy your system? Because there's no money in an erased system. There is a lot of money in AV upgrades.
I think those who get affected actually deserve to be affected - mostly, they are the ones who keep on spreading those "forward this to 10 ppl in 10 seconds or you will throw third nipple". Give 'em more.
Passwords for adult websites? Yay!!
Oh, if only I knew how to open email attachments!
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.
Ben
What they failed to mention was that they never did the critical updates that would have prevented this. Way to go guys. I guess it is all about how you report it.
I already got 6 of these in my gmail account, from people I don't know. Thankfully, they all ended up in the spam folder. Nice!
It's not a virus, and it doesn't really have shit to do with windows.
It's just some code to do bad shit, you email to idiots and trick them into clicking it.
This could be done on any OS. Just, no one really cares for an army of about 12 OSX-based bots, when they can get thousands of Windows boxes.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Eat that, Duke Nukem Forever!!
Where can I download this new MyDoom thingy?
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
Do the passwords work?
I started with nothing and I still have most of it.
remember how God used to smite masturbators?
------- Was it just a coincidence I got moderator points the first time I logged on to
*shrug* Why do you think municipalities started requiring a license/certificate of training in order to legally operate an automobile?
It's been my own long, painful experience that most people are as dumb as a box of rocks. But, hey; don't get upset about it, profit from it. Charge $250USD a pop to clean-up their brainless screw-ups. Long-term personal prosperity will be assured.
Regards;
I'm continually amazed by how quickly people turn their brains off when "free pussy" is in the air..
You mean like this one? :)
Proudly supporting the Libertarian Party.
will probably have links to provocative pictures of Bill Gates posing with computers.
The virus will fail miserably.
OCO is Loco
Believe me, OSX and Linux have more than their share of stupid users.
They post here on slashdot all the time. They tell you silly shit like iPods make great external hard drives, and work well as backup devices.
They talk about using Gentoo as a backend server, because all you have to do is put "emerge sync && emerge -u world" in your crontab and nothing will ever go wrong, and the -funroll-loops in your CFLAGS will make it unga bunga faster.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
We recently had major flooding. Several of my clients have businesses in the flood zone (much cheaper rent). Most of those followed my advice and moved their hardware upstairs. A few did not and are not paying me major bucks for reinstalling, rebuilding and recovering everything they need. If they had just taken a day and moved eveything the first time (they are all now moving upstairs), then they would have saved much money and even more downtime.
But, in the end, how they run their business is their choice. All I can do is offer my advice and hope they listen.
InnerWeb
Freud might say that Intelligent Design is religion's ID.
> Could you advice ANY good anti-spyware software
> which can be deployed corporate-wide? (with trial
> version)
Sure, a baseball bat. Beat the dummy who downloads spyware to death. For a trial version, try a plastic bat, so they'll just go Ouch!
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
uname
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I agree. As a fellow member in the IT field you have to show why they should care. Especially users who are on your IT department's #1 call on the help desk list. Members of my department and I who respond to virus reports usually talk with them while cleaning their computers and try to give them an enjoyable experience while waiting for Ad-aware to clean up 1000 adware objects on a Gateway 350mhz P2.
If you show that you care about them. They will care more about work than personal browsing.
----- You know you have ego issues when you register a domain in your name.
"Like usual it was spread by e-mails"
No, it was spread by stupid users.
The old adage holds true that all things, including virii, prey on society's pitiful. Unfortunately, counter to Darwinism, the weak are not eliminated from the Internet.
Sigh...
we exchange secret-admin handshakes and have a beer with lunch whenever the latest virus comes out.
damn, you must be an alcoholic by now.
Uh, you could always drop the platform for Mac instead. For the average home internet user who is using software with Mac counterparts (web, email, office...) this is not a bad idea. I switched my stuff and my parents too, and for the past 2 years the only effect all this spyware/worms/etc has had on me is cluttering up my news headlines, occasionally I get an inbox full of worms when one is rampant on the campus network.
Honestly, there really is no excuse to stick with Windows unless there's some mission-critical program that is vital to your business needs or something. It's just not an enjoyable user experience to begin with, and security/viruses/spyware/adware is enough to make it a real pain in the ass. Just switch folks, it's easier than you think.
Ah, never underestimate the stupidity of horny people.
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"And may your days be long upon the earth."
The real problem is not the platform, its the user.
Anytime you allow users to do anything, you have the potitional for an infection that casues troubles.
Some platforms may currently be more prone to problems, but you can be assured whom ever has the largest market share will be the one under the greatest attack in the first place.
Remember too, some problems are platform independant, such as the JPG problem from last year.. Or sendmail.. or ssh.. or or or..
But regardless of any systemic issues, excluding true worms that come in at a system level, it still mostly boils down to users clicking things they shouldnt.. And it doesnt matter what system they are using.. They can still run a trojan and at the very least hose their profile.. ( and will ).
So i guess there is a solution afterall, no users.
Disclaimer: I'm a BSD user and am also virus free, but im not so blind ( or stupid ) to think we are invunerable.. We just are not a direct target, yet.
---- Booth was a patriot ----