Kama Sutra Worm Could Make For A Bad Friday

mikey1134 writes "CNN is running a story about the Kama Sutra worm, a virus that is coded to overwrite files of the (potentially thousands of) infected computers. They provide some background on this viral outbreak and warn users to protect themselves" From the article: "And even for home computer users who have never taken such precautions before, security experts say now would be a good time to back up your most important data, like financial information and family photographs, to CDs, DVDs, zip drives, or an external hard drive that you know is worm and virus free. Unlike a lot of malware that exploits vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, there is no 'patch' that can be downloaded to ward off Kama Sutra."

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Best explanation ever:

[network23]

Best explanation ever:

"Mac OS X hasn't had any viruses since the OS was launched," says Bill Rosenkrantz, the head of Macintosh products at Symantec, the big antivirus firm. "It's more difficult to attack the Apple system than Windows."

So it goes.

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friday? business as usual ...

[xlyz]

... being 100% on linux we'll work even during tomorrow

You're a moron.

[Khyber]

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid /1999041209131106

Care to argue with Symantec on the definition?

How the hell did My above post get modded 'troll' anyways? There's your proof. Oh, need more proof?

How... http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/ virus.asp
About... http://www.computer-lynx.com/a-virus-or-worm.htm
THIS??? http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowl edgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci980535,00.html

Someone needs to go back to computer pre-school. I knew the difference in those 15 years ago, when I was 8. Tool.