Sysbug Trojan jumps on sexual bandwagon

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Hahahahaha...

OK...I'm not sure I've got this right. Am I to believe that the malware is delivered by an email promising NUDE photos of female gymnasts? You mean female gymnasts like Olga Korbut or Cathy Rigby: little tiny underage, underdeveloped girls who weigh about 72 lbs. (32.72 kilos) soaking wet and looking for all the world like Poster Children for anorexia? And the malware author thought that loads of testosterone-besotted males would go ape over the idea of viewing pics like this? Hahahahaha. That's too rich. Oh, well--I can see why this isn't spreading very rapidly.

I'll have to file this under 'Misconceived Malware' along with:

* The Melvin32.scr trojan, which politely asks for permission before installing itself.

* LUSER_B.F which seeks out and emails itself to LindowsOS boxes, then attempts to exploit Windows API calls in the mistaken belief that Lindows and Windows are the same OS. Oops.

* The Klutz-G virus, which upon infestation of a host accidentally creates its own System32 directory in the user's Desktop directory in which it places an executable with the file name "thisisavirus.exe."

Posted by: Yen_z   Posted on: 11/25/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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