And this is why you don’t want your computer to get a virus.
And it’s another reason why using Linux or Mac, can really save you some trouble down the road.
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Hat tip (oddly enough) goes partly to SmallDeadAnimals.com
Kate’s politics may be out of the last century, but she’s ahead of most people on technology.
Slashdot has been talking about Storm virus for a while, and I’ve been expecting something like this since at least 2001. It never made sense to me that most viruses at that point did so little to conceal themselves as they spread, and usually disabled the computer without doing anything aside from causing their software to malfunction.
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Dave | 30-Oct-07 at 12:01 am | Permalink
Yikes! That’s UGLY.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Red Tory | 30-Oct-07 at 2:09 am | Permalink
Great. Something else to lose sleep over.
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Lore_Weaver | 30-Oct-07 at 11:47 am | Permalink
Yet another virus that infects retards. Here’s a tip, don’t be retarded. The only reason Mac and Linux aren’t affected is because they have smaller pools of retarded users.
Let me be clear, if you have a virus on your computer, chances are, you’re a retard.
Saskboy | 30-Oct-07 at 1:35 pm | Permalink
Harsh. I won’t lie and say it doesn’t help to be bright when avoiding such viruses, but sometimes its the same as getting a nail in a tire. It just happens, and you can only reduce the risk by not driving in certain places.
Going looking for free-paid software, and opening spam is like driving over a nail-strip though.