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Grex Agora41 Item 25: Internet Worm Disguised as Clinton Cartoon Spreads
Entered by tsty on Sat Mar 23 16:34:38 UTC 2002:

Reuters, 3/22/2002 
Internet Worm Disguised as Clinton Cartoon Spreads 
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Internet worm, disguised as a screensaving
cartoon of former U.S. President Bill Clinton playing the saxophone, that can
delete files and slow network connections was spreading Friday, antivirus
software vendors said. The worm, dubbed 'MyLife.b,' was rated a medium risk
because of its demonstrated ability to lure users to open it and the way it 
tries to delete files, said April Goostree, virus research manager at 
McAfee.com (MCAF.O)

11 responses total.

#1 of 11 by sarkhel on Sun Mar 24 00:42:04 2002:

Is the anti-virus available FREE of cost at nai.com?

#2 of 11 by amazon on Thu Apr 18 20:53:18 2002:

I'm running Linux, so I don;t think i have to worry about virii too much. :D

#3 of 11 by scott on Thu Apr 18 20:57:54 2002:

Watch out, amazon.  Bragging about running Linux might get you a
tongue-lashing from brighn, who somehow feels that not running Windows makes
people arrogant.  Believe me, I know.  ;)  ;)  ;)

#4 of 11 by brighn on Thu Apr 18 21:06:10 2002:

Nah, that schtick got boring. I get holy and self-righteous about other topics
now.
 
All the same, I think you're confusing two sermons. They are:

(1) People who think that Linux is not susceptible to viruses are foolhardy
poseurs who probably think the plural of "virus" is "virii."
 
and
 
(2) People who think that Linux is morally superior to Windows because it's
open source and not owned by the richest man in the world, and that because
of that moral superiority, Windows should be trashed and Windows users
insulted, are arrogant.
 
I can see how an arrogant poseur like Scott could get those two sermons
confused. *beg*

#5 of 11 by oval on Thu Apr 18 22:45:05 2002:

brighn really just wants to give us all an example of circular logic.

#6 of 11 by flem on Fri Apr 19 00:20:37 2002:

Hmm, I don't think Windows users should be insulted, just Windows apologists.
<duck>  :)

#7 of 11 by other on Fri Apr 19 02:31:29 2002:

Actually, the insult should be reserved for the people who manage(d) the code
creation of Windows, for the fourth-rate crap they produce.

#8 of 11 by brighn on Fri Apr 19 04:22:05 2002:

XP is remarkably stable, for a Windows product. And it's got some really dorky
limitations. Erg.

#9 of 11 by gull on Fri Apr 19 13:37:20 2002:

My main complaint about XP is the artificial Home/Professional split.

#10 of 11 by jaklumen on Sun Apr 21 07:56:06 2002:

What is the difference, if any?

Julie and I are enjoying the main advantage of XP: separate saved 
preferences.

#11 of 11 by gull on Mon Apr 22 13:36:06 2002:

I don't recall the details right now, but they sharply limit what the
home version can connect to, network-wise.  It can't authenticate to a
domain server, and I think some of the SMB networking stuff that's been
available in their other OS's is turned off.

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