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Zotob Worm Hits CNN and Goes Global

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hack-the-planet dept.

securitas writes "The Zotob MS05-039 worm mentioned on Slashdot last Sunday may be the most recent virus that has gone global, hitting Windows 2000 desktops at CNN, ABC, the New York Times, and many others. The virus is spreading around the world rapidly as compromised systems become bots and propagate the worm, with reported outbreaks in Germany and China. InformationWeek has a decent article titled Zotob Proves Patching "Window" Non-Existent. Microsoft calls it a "low impact" threat and tells you What you should know about Zotob. Symantec has W32.Zotob.D removal instructions. Trend Micro thinks that this is a new, different worm altogether and says it is one of the fastest-spreading infections in history."

8 of 522 comments (clear)

  1. Is your computer infected? by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    • If computer is Apple, No
    • If OS is Linux, No
    • If OS is Windows variant, Could be
    • If OS is Windows 2000, Could be
    • If Search finds Botzor.exe in your filesystem, Definitely
      • What do I do?
      • Ignore it, like millions of others.
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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:Is your computer infected? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      If OS is Windows variant, Could be

      According to TFA's apparently not.

      This just in: Windows 2000 is a variant of Windows. Pictures at 11.

  2. Instant karma's gonna get you by Kafka_Canada · · Score: 5, Funny

    hitting Windows 2000 desktops at CNN, ABC, the New York Times, and many others.

    Hm, must be a Karl Rove plant.

    Or else it's just another victory in the GWOT?

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    Fuck it
  3. Re:I wonder... by TykeClone · · Score: 5, Funny
    About 1000...

    Those wild and crazy mac rioters

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    A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
  4. Re:AOL Call Centers by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    I work in an AOL call center and we run Windows 2000. We are taking almost no calls and almost all of our computers are down.

    I'm glad you found one of the few that is working so you could post to Slashdot.

  5. Re:MS says.. by DrEldarion · · Score: 5, Funny

    so Microsoft will just go "You should of updated". ... and then the grammar nazis will descend upon them like hawks.

  6. Re:All of a sudden by qyiet · · Score: 5, Funny

    It could have done us all a favor, and infected Fox's network.

  7. LATE BREAKING NEWS on CNN Right Now by mexicangeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    "CNN's network admins suck."