Sobig.F Worm Believed to Start at Web Porn Site

[BuckeFushe]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20030823/tc_nm/tech_internet_virus_dc

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer security experts thwarted an attack by computer worm Sobig.F on Friday just as the FBI subpoenaed an Arizona Internet service provider in order to trace the fast-spreading virus experts believe was first posted on an adult-oriented Web site.

One expert said the Sobig.F e-mail virus was disguised so that anyone who clicked on a link purporting to show a sexually graphic picture became infected with the self-replicating worm, which then spread itself to other e-mail addresses.

"Sobig.F was first posted to a porn Usenet group," said Jimmy Kuo, research fellow at anti-virus software maker Network Associates Inc. Usenet is a popular forum on the Internet where computer users with similar interests post and read messages.

More at link.

If the sheeple would just run their updates on a regular basis, they wouldn't get infected. And if MS would build an operating system that didn't look like swiss cheese, this wouldn't happen.

[thebigidea]

1. wah?

since when are usenet groups web sites?

[BuckeFushe]

2. I know big, I caught that too, but, when you get your 15 minutes of fame

you'll spew anything.

[dArKeR]

3. I thought I heard Asscroft say Al Qaeda is the origin!

[BuckeFushe]

4. I thought Asskroft said it was Clinton's fault

Oops, sorry, it was Rushblo who said that. No, it was Hanninazi. No it was Clownblower.

[dweller]

8. Are ya sure he didn't say Clinton's

P*n*s?

afterall, the worm was called Sobig.F

dp

[KoKo]

5. So now I know......one of my folks in Address books hit a porn site.......

OMG......give me a break here!

[MrPrax]

6. "sheeple would just run their updates on a regular basis"??WTF

Um...if M$ made an honest buck from dependable software ( they have billions to buy the best of the best), then the 'sheeple' would be safe and the Internet sound...
There are alternatives...

[PartyPooper]

7. And, if John Ashcroft would go crawl into his hole...

all of this would go away!

I believe A$$kroft is behind all of this mess. I freely admit to being a conspiracy theorist, and, I truly believe the AG is the 'Devil in the details' in all of this computer madness and mayhem.

:tinfoilhat:

[bemildred]

9. Doesn't mention Outlook once, tsk, tsk.

[maggrwaggr]

10. and if more people bought MAC's

they wouldn't have to worry about this crap.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

12. Yes they would...

because if more people bought Macs, more virus makers would make Mac specific viruses. Be thankful your Mac is so unpopular.

[Democat]

11. Bill Clinton wrote the virus!

Check any right wing website to confirm this. :)