[News] ILOVEYOU virus... | ANN.lu |
Posted on 04-May-2000 20:37 GMT by Christian Kemp | 23 comments View flat View list |
The media is being saturated with news reports on the latest "trojan" that spreads like crazy via some Windows-based mail software. Rather than repeating what has been said a thousand times elsewhere, I'll just comment on the fact that even Amigan professionals don't seem to be too secure (respectively, using the wrong software or not enough common sense)... I received a few copies of the message today. :)
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Comment 1 | cybes | | 03-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
Comment 2 | NEO | | 03-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
Comment 3 | Heimdal Graus | | 03-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
Comment 4 | [Lotus] | | 03-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
Comment 5 | anon (for safety !) | | 03-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
Comment 6 | Nathaniel Downes | | 04-May-2000 22:00 GMT |
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ILOVEYOU virus... : Comment 7 of 23 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Rebbi on 04-May-2000 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 4 ([Lotus]): Well, I think that it's true that if the Amiga was once again popular and widespread, there would of course be more destructive dweebazoids out there writing viruses for it.
OTOH, being an Amigan and thus immune to this particular attack does highlight the danger of Mr. Bill's "a computer on every desktop running Windows software" megalomania. It's not just that the virus could wreak such havoc (100's of millions of dollars lost already!) because so many computers run Windows, but that a virus written to attach itself to a specific E-MAIL CLIENT could be so ruinous because so many people have accepted MS Outlook as a "standard."
It boggles the mind! |
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