Wikipedia Used To Spread Virus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday November 5, 2006 @07:33AM from the ware-the-internets dept.

eldavojohn writes "The German Wikipedia has recently been used to launch a virus attack. Hackers posted a link to an all alleged fix for a new version of the blaster worm. Instead, it was a link to download malicious software. They then sent e-mails advising people to update their computers and directed them to the Wikipedia article. Since Wikipedia has been gaining more trust & credibility, I can see how this would work in some cases. The page has, of course, been fixed but this is nevertheless a valuable lesson for Wikipedia users."

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Re:Still? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-11-05 07:42 · Score: 2, Informative

There was no danger of the blaster virus. It was simply malicious people claiming you needed to get a new release to protect from the most recent blaster virus. The malicious code they were hosting was not the blaster worm but rather newer virus technology.

I think I was pretty clear in the summary ...