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Worm With Rootkit Package Loose On AIM
Mr0624 writes "According to a recent article on C|Net a new worm is swiftly spreading via AIM to many computers. It delivers a brutal root-kit which bypasses security software and takes control of a PC." From the article: "The worm was spotted in an AOL IM chatroom and infected one of the PCs that FaceTime uses for worm bait. The company said it also has seen the pest hit other computers. 'It is still out there, and it is definitely something the user should be leery of ... The rootkit is designed to not be detected, and that is the scary part.'"
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And I use Linux, so I'm assuming there's no need to worry. WINE isn't stable enough to support a virus/worm/trojan/etc.
'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
Another virus to try to run with Wine on my linux box :D
DYWYPI?
I just logged on to my AIM [.Mac] account and went looking for this "root-kit" (as I do have the 'root' user enabled on my Mac for various geek reasons :). It did take me a while to find the "lockx.exe" file being offered, but it was quickly downloaded with my 10Mbit pipe. I was even WARNED that I was downloading a executable (?) and did I really want to proceed (of course I did).
.EXE file on my desktop to which I quickly doubled clicked it to open it.
:)
I suddenly found myself with a
"There is no default application specified to open the document."; Which one should I choose?
"The rootkit is designed to not be detected, and that is the scary part."
As opposed to those root kits that are designed *to* be detected? Damn it, thinking again instead of being scared into buying something. Really need to work on that...
"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
As opposed to the usual kind and gentle root kits, I suppose?
Isn't that part of what makes a root kit?
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.
This affects only users who still use the Microsoft Windows operating system. If you use Linux or Mac OS you are safe.
My suggestion: don't click on a link from a friend before 1) you know what it is 2) and make sure that it doesn't say that your downloading a video file, when it's obviously a batch or exe file. This virus is not really a big deal, you just have to have half a brain to deal with it.
;-}
Is this a duplicated post. I am sure I read this in 1995
This's work especially well in Australia, when the root-kit *could* be the carrot...
Come on over to the IRC chatrooms. We're friendly, and we'll help you to activate some "worm-like" programs on your system. You don't want to miss out now, do you?
94% of Repubs and 21% of Dems voted to renew the Patriot Act
He's TheGSRGuy of course.
> ...the ones that pop up the message "Would you like to download and
> install a rootkit".
I expect that would work fairly well.
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Yes, as long as you don't value what's in your home directory.
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When are they going to get around to full virus support? (I'm sticking with Windows 'til then.)
Downloaded it. So now I have a file that appears to be meaningless binary gibberish. (AKA "Application/OCTET-STREAM") How does one 'run' such a file? I can't seem to find a Makefile, or any other way to compile it. I guess I don't quite get what is dangerous about it?
The GSR guy, duh!
'Yes, firefox is indeed greater than women. Can women block pops up for you? No. Can Firefox show you naked women? Yes.'
Sure a woman can block pop ups, all she has to do is giggle.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
Back in the days of CRTs, I was always waiting for someone to write a virus that sets your refresh rate so high that your monitor catches fire. That would have been a cool virus. It's probably too late for it now though.
I tried to login as root on my windoze box but it wouldn't let me. Does that mean I have already been infected (or should that read rooted)?
*I* pressed the shiny red button and noth@#$@#$##)(*)()_(NO CARRIER
Mumia Abu-Jamal is *laughably guilty*. Check the evidence.
"Sure a woman can block pop ups, all she has to do is giggle."
Isn't that the cause of most popups?
> there was a virus making the hard disk heads slam against the casing of the drive
Even better (worse), on my old Apple II+ I got a virus that slammed the hard disk head against the casing in a carefully timed pattern to play CHRISTMAS MUSIC from the humming and shaking of my hard drive case!
There's nothing weirder than hearing 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' coming from your computer and realizing it's not coming from the computer, but from your hard drive which is slowly vibrating it's way off the edge of your desk.
- For the complete works of Shakespeare: cat
Personally, I like when they pop up like that.
And with firefox, you get to touch a mouse, but with a woman, you get to touch a cat. (meow)
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
'Sure a woman can block pop ups, all she has to do is giggle.'
Giggling, by itself, won't block popups. Giggling in conjunction with pointing, however...
All the world's an analog stage, and digital circuits play only bit parts.