Feburary 2nd marks Black Friday. You may be in some trouble.....

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

So tomorrow is being labeled Black Friday.

Check this virus out. Sounds fucking viscous. I really hope my pc doesnt have it.


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This Friday may become a Black Friday for some Windows users, as a computer worm which goes by the names Kama Sutra, Blackworm, Nyxem and MyWife is set to activate February 3 and the third of every month thereafter.

The worm spreads through e-mail attachments with enticing links such as "best video clip ever" and "Hot Movie." Clicking on one of these links activates the worm.

Once executed, it can corrupt and overwrite the most common Windows file types: .doc, .pdf, .zip, and .xls, among others. This means the data will be changed and will be unrecoverable.

The worm also tries to disable antivirus software.

What to do
• Question e-mail messages, even if they seem to be from people you know.
• Be aware of e-mail subject lines like "Hot Movie," "Kama Sutra pics," "FW: SeX.mpg," " the best video clip ever."
• Don't click on questionable attachments.
• Update your antivirus software and scan your computer.
• Back up your most important data to CDs, DVDs, or zip drives.
• Remember that, unlike other malware, Kama Sutra has no cure-all "patch."

Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

I don't think I have to worry, my anti-virus software is up do date plus when I see those type of e-mails I just delete them without reading them.

I would hate to lose all the documents and stuff saved on my computer so I really hope I don't get this nasty virus. People who create these viruses are scum and should spend the rest of their lives in jail.

Erin

Monk's First Lady

Who opens videos from people they don't know? Idiots deserve to get a virus.

The Half Boy

Or, as is more than often the case, they are given enormously high paying jobs working for Microsoft.

Tomorrow's Just An Excuse Away,
So I Pull My Collar Up And Face The Cold, On My Own.
The Earth Laughs Beneath My Heavy Feet,
At The Blasphemy In My Old Jangly Walk.

Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

I don't like how people who do this kind of stuff get rewarded.

It's one of the reasons I left the old messageboard I posted on a few years ago(Planet Community), this guy found a way to get the Administrators password and he was rewarded by being made an Administrator himself. OK, that wasn't the reason I left but I was still a little mad at that.

Snowman

So, is opening up messages in your hotmail the only way you can get this?

Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

No, it sounds like any e-mail address is susceptible to this if you are using Windows. That was one of the biggest reasons I was considering getting an Apple computer(an iBook probably) since have less of a threat of viruses.

Joseph T. Cool

Administrator

If you have enough money to buy an iBook can I have a loan?

haha

Mr. WikipediaSpamBot

That was the reason I ended up not getting it, if I had the money then it would have been a no brainer. I got a laptop from Gateway instead and so far i've been happy with it, it's not really good enough for high end PC games(1.7 Ghz processor, 506 MB RAM) but it works just fine for me.

Dakstang

WC's Resident Redneck

I'm lost. What is so good about an iBook? How much are they?

Hypocrisy at it's worst!