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New IM Worm Installs Own Web Browser
Aquafinality writes "A new IM worm discovered recently takes the novel step of installing its own web browser onto the victims PC. Ironically titled "The Safety Browser", its default settings actually make your PC less secure - switching on pop-ups, changing your home page and hijacking your desktop with a looped music track that plays every time you switch your computer on.
It's clear people cannot resist clicking "yes" to anything they're presented with via IM - with this in mind, what on Earth can we do so stop the spread of garbage like the above? To put it another way, will reducing the amount of potential "suckers" out there dissuade the bad guys from coming up with ever-more elaborate ideas such as this latest scam? Or is IM safety a lost cause?"
I can't really feel sorry for these people. In my book, if you're dumb enough to run some strange executable, then you deserve what you get.
Somone who shouldn't own a computer continues to get infected, causing them to not be able to use their computer.
Why is this a bad thing?
I rarely read replies, it's my opinion and if you thought about your opinion a little more, I'm OK with that.