Guest Chronic Acid Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Doomjuice, which some are describing as a variant of the MyDoom worm, spreads via e-mail systems already infected with the first version, which became the fastest-spreading virus ever when it was unleashed on the Internet at the end of January. "It's only looking for machines that are compromised by MyDoom A or B," said Vincent Gullotto, vice president of the anti-virus emergency response team at Network Associates Inc. He said it was not spreading as rapidly as the initial MyDoom worms. Because Doomjuice spreads directly between infected computers, rather than via e-mail, experts said that it would not be accurate to call it a variant of MyDoom, which accounted for as many as one in five e-mails at its peak in late January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I wonder if in 100 years, people will look back at the early 21st century the way we look back at the so-called wild west, full of outlaws and bandits. Maybe virus authors will have the kind of legend that Billy The Kid, or Jesse james do now. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Maybe virus authors will have the kind of legend that Billy The Kid, or Jesse james do now. Doubtful. If history is to be believed, Jesse James knew how to talk to a woman :green: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataScion Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I'm thinking that in the future virus authors will be looked upon as something more akin to Brad Pitt in "12 Monkeys." Irritating, mildly dangerous, and crazy in an anti-social sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 What I mean is that I think this era will look very quaint, a time when one person could cause worldwide congestion with a few lines of code. Small-fry outlaws nipping at the heels of huge corporations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I don't think today's viruses will make it into our cultural memory, much less those who wrote them. So far, computer viruses are pretty much an annoyance. When someone succeeds in wiping out national bank records or getting a Star Wars film a Best Picture Oscar®, then we'll take notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chronic Acid Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 This was just suppose to be a warning for some of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Originally posted by Chronic Acid@Feb 11 2004, 12:13 AM This was just suppose to be a warning for some of you. And it's appreciated! Most of us (I know I'm one) tend to think out loud here, and sometimes it takes us off the beaten path. -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 This was just suppose to be a warning for some of you. Oh yeah, and like Jay said, don't think we don't appreciate it, Chronic. We just tend to free-wheel a bit around here, hopefully without diverting TOO much from topic, but it's been known to happen :green:. Did somebody mention something about the next Unreal engine being powered by Zima? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Arrgh. It seems there's been so much reporting of the latest security problem that Windowsupdate.microsoft.com has been slashdotted; wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Yeah, Chronic, I don't mean to ignore the utility of your post. I figured that everyone would get the message from your original post. Thanks for thinking of us (or the Windows users among us) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Originally posted by iainl@Feb 11 2004, 11:45 AM Windowsupdate.microsoft.com has been slashdotted Or, to be slightly more accurate, stupid adverts over the top of webpages caused me to turn off enough ActiveX to break the site in my browser. Oops. Elsewhere, this has been all over the news in the UK. Bizarrely, the BBC seem to be using it as some sort of advert for Linux; its been mentioned in all three articles on the thing so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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