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Subject: virus author arrest likely
One of the authors of the Blaster (or lovesan) virus is due to be arrested today according to this story.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95978,00.html
He was witnessed testing the infection and then reported to the authorities.
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
I just cleaned out a mess of viruses and spybots from my computer. It had gotten so bad that my Internet Explorer was being redirected to a different site every time I tried to use it.
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
BWAHAHAHA! You should have gotten a Mac, like me.
Seriously, this/these guy(s) should be tossed in a cell and get real well aquainted with Bubba.
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
Meanwhile the spammers, the commercial spyware producers, and online fraudsters continue to operate unmolested.
That's justice for ya... ::)
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
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Meanwhile the spammers, the commercial spyware producers, and online fraudsters continue to operate unmolested.
That's justice for ya... ::)
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Well, at least one spammer may be looking at jail time.
And the problem with a lot of the spam and spyware is that they use offshore companies to protect themselves. Either that, or they hide a tond of spyware into "free" software, like CometCursor, HotBot, Gator, or other similar programs.
I work on computers for a living, and am telling people every day to:
1) get REAL anti-virus software
2) Get AdAware and run it at least weekly
3) When a box just pops up and asks if you want to install it, DON'T!
4) NEVER click on a pop-up banner
But do they listen? Heck no! I see the same computers every month or so for "cleaning". One old lady I tell this to every month, but she still does the same old things, and I am constantly fixing her computer.
And as far as the Mac comment, I was a tech on the Lisa, so that should tell how long I have been working on these things. The reason so few virus are written for mac anymore is because so few are out there. I remember tons of mac virus 5 years ago, but now nobody bothers.
But there are some macro virus that infect mac and PC both. Time will tell what the new spam and DDOS virus do.
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
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Well, at least one spammer may be looking at jail time.
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I forgot to put in the article to show what I was talking about! lol
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0%2C1367%2C60307%2C00.html
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
Thanks for the link. I have a buddy who does computer servicing and house calls for "Staples" and he says about 60% of his calls are virus related (they get cheesed off when he has to charge them $45 for clicking on Norton AntiVirus icon for them :) ) and another common problem are the porn search bars that get installed. He always gives them AdAware and shows them how to use it.
I defeat pop-ups by disabling Java and Active-X scripting.
Hey, I still have my Lisa 2/10! You wouldn't happen to have a spare internal "Widget" HD do ya? :-/
Subject: Re: virus author arrest likely
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Hey, I still have my Lisa 2/10! You wouldn't happen to have a spare internal "Widget" HD do ya? :-/
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Hahahahahaha!!!
SOrry, I quit working on Mac's seriously in 1995. THat was after trying to help Hughes Radar work with 15,000 PowerPC computers.
I was Mac certified at that time, and we spent 9 months trying to get them stable. THis was after 2 Logic Board replacements, and around 6 OS upgrades (started with OS 7.0 and ended with something like OS 7.8).
After all that time and money wasted, Apple finally admitted that the 7200 series was a Lemon. Hughes was so fed up, they sent all of them back. ANd I stopped working on Mac for the most part and concentrated on PCs.
But if I remember right, the LISA used a pretty standard SCSI I hard drive. Try looking for one, it should work.