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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."
Remember when these things were computer viruses? Now they're Windows viruses.
Nice to see, that. It puts the idea in the head of Joe Not-a-Geek that 'Windows' is not synonymous with 'computer', and that people not using Windows don't have to put up with this crap.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Oh come on, a post with a score of 1 without moderation gets "-1, Overrated"?!
Are there some CNN execs lurking here that must censor anything negative about their company?
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Past this in Word 'DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5]', select the charators '47 0F 94 93 F4 K5' and change the font Wingdings The virus harms data, and can disable mouse and keyboards.