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Kris

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28th July, 2004 at 09:32:56 -

New 'Mydoom' virus on the loose:

http://www.internet-security.ca/internet-security-news-007/mydoom-virus-slams-google-yahoo-altavista-and-lycos.html

 
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28th July, 2004 at 13:29:21 -

Yeah I saw that on the news

 
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28th July, 2004 at 15:48:42 -

saw it on fark.

 
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AsparagusTrevor

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28th July, 2004 at 19:18:16 -

Virus makers do my head in, but what makes it worse is they don't even get punished. The fucker that made the Sasser worm I think it was was caught and they didn't even charge the little prick because 'he was probably never gonna do it again.' They should have stricter laws, and castrate anyone caught purposely distributing and creating viruses, or at least cut their knees off or something.

 
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Kris

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28th July, 2004 at 19:47:14 -

good thing about virus writers is they're usually fat, so they aren't very hard to chase. to find them, just turn up at the world's biggest anime convention (look for the guy in the leather coat. Yeah, the ridiculous looking one). hook line & sinker!

 
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28th July, 2004 at 23:21:00 -

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Why do people make viruses? It's just dumb!

 
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28th July, 2004 at 23:46:35 -

To give people an excuse to cut people's knees off and castrate them.

 
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29th July, 2004 at 00:23:17 -

Ah. Good point.

 
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29th July, 2004 at 03:53:28 -

Wow! You described me perfectly!

Uh...NO I didn't release the Mydoom virus thingy!

 
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29th July, 2004 at 04:12:03 -

You have to be neo to be able to wear a tranch coat.

But really, there ARE losers in hawaii that actually wear trenchcoats, god i want to hit them.

 
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29th July, 2004 at 05:16:30 -

really...in hawaii.
isnt is kinda hot in hawaii?

 
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ChrisB

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29th July, 2004 at 07:42:34 -

Not in winter.

Only problem is, what with obesity on the rise and all, it's getting harder and harder to find the nerds who make computer viruses. Although usually it's quite easy to find the guys who get the viruses and release them on the world like the idiots they are...

 
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3rd August, 2004 at 04:35:42 -

I've heard some companies make virusses just so they can make anti virus progs that remove them and make money that way...

 
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3rd August, 2004 at 08:24:59 -

I've read that more than 50% of writers make viruses just for the thrill of creating something that can "live" on its own. Less than 5% make them to actually intentionally cause mass digital destruction.

Anyhow's I don't see a point in writing viruses.A waste of time I say.

 
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3rd August, 2004 at 08:32:36 -

yeah, but i bet the antivirus and firewall business is making lots more money than before

 
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3rd August, 2004 at 18:55:37 -

Damn, I wondered what those floods of one-line emails with executable attachments were. One was even a zip with a file called "document.txt .exe" so that Winzip truncated it and just displayed "document.txt ...". I wasn't stupid enough to open any though
Seriously, so many viruses are spreading through email causing havoc that it would seem best just to turn off email attachments.

 
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4th August, 2004 at 08:57:36 -

yeah...and they talk about making it cost money to send emails...i don't believe that would solve anything..it might limit spam, but not eliminate it.

 
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