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Creative Zens Ship with Worms
An anonymous reader writes "Engadget reports about 3700 Creative Zen "Neeons" shipped with a virus. The virus in question was the W32.Wullik.B@mm worm. Creative released a statement today to help consumers pinpoint the possibly effected devices."
iPod and Mac zealots are now going to proclaim that "iPods don't get viruses!" ?
When you run Windows, you must run anti-virus ~all~ the time!
Agile Artisans
Speaking as someone who translates from Japanese to English for a living, the quality of the so-called "translation" spat out by Babelfish make me feel a lot better about my long-term job security...
Haven't you noticed yet that on the Intarweb you can use any vowel in place of any other ?
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
because you are desparately trying to start a flamewar?
Scrawny man in PE kit, about to lift a small weight: "Will this affect me?"
Muscular man, lifting two larger weight with each hand: "Look at the effect it had on me!"
From a poster in the Remedial Studies unit at my secondary school.
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
These people don't even know how to grammer check their press release...
It was verified that it is the possibility the extermination possible worm type virus of the risk which is called to the player itself of Creative Zen of the digital audio player who it was produced was shipped from shipment preparation and late July this each time in our company Neeon "W32.Wullik.B@mm" having mixed low.
OK. The actual problem is probably not serious as far as I can tell, since running the virus software is not automatic on installation (which I bet is done by a super user or admin). But really, this is not professional and someone ought to get the sack. And the person who wrote the press release ought to be retrained as a petrol station attendant.
"As a writer / novelist you might want to spellcheck your sig.
With the defectiveness of our company, we apologize the fact that very much annoyance was applied the customer and to the related everyone deeply.
:D
So its true what they say about the "Creative" process, its often linked to mental impairment
The author of W32.Wullik.B@mm is suing Creative Zen for copyright infringement under the DMCA.
Maybe Avon can fix it with the help of Orac.
victim as in the actual person that gets mudered?? i hope not, or we have a zombie on our hands
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - HHGTTG
I seem to recall Gamespy Arcade shipped with some form of nimda.
So a virus piggybacking on a virus.
After all, they've saved countless users entire minutes by cutting out the middle man and having an already-installed virus. This could potentially teach the unsuspecting public about the harm and danger of viruses with an in-your-face attitude.
Microsoft should definately start doing this.
For about $100 more than the top of the line iPod, you can get an entry level laptop at Sears, Walmart, Circuit City, etc...
Of course, the laptop wont fit into your pocket quite as well.
iPod Killer.
Creative is taking it WAY too far.
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Indibutaly!
That's what flaming is about. 1 sided views are compulsary...
Or add "Do Not Resuscitate" to your patient record. Or replace all instances of "appendectomy" with "gender reassignment surgery". Or... hang on, my tinfoil hat is slipping...
Finally, Creative products ship with software that actually works!
-- Game Developers: Stop porting badly-textured games from crappy console systems!
Come on, Creative, where was marketing on this?
"Yeah, our players have virii, but they're removable...like our batteries!"
"Sure you'll get your computer hopelessly infected with a virus, but as you're reinstalling Windows, you'll be able to listen to FM radio!"
"Don't worry, our Stik-On MP3 player stickers are totally virus-proof."
Well, when a mommy iPod and a daddy iPod love each other very much...
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/08/30/129 232.shtml?tid=180&tid=3
We all die a little inside when forced to re-install Windows.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.