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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
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.
The author of W32.Wullik.B@mm is suing Creative Zen for copyright infringement under the DMCA.
>> the quality of the so-called "translation" spat out by Babelfish make me feel a lot better about my long-term job security...
It don't make me feel so goods about you job security. q:]
I used to have a sig, but I set it free and it never came back.
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...
Well, when a mommy iPod and a daddy iPod love each other very much...