nsane.forums Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Users urged to beware bogus video link Security experts are warning of a malware attack disguised as a video of the Large Hadron Collider in action. The bogus video link arrives in an email, which security firm Sophos said is "dodgy from the start". The message reads: 'Wow, don't ask me how I get this video, but it's realy [sic] cool,' followed by a mytinyurl.net web link. The scammers claim in the email that thousands of people have already enjoyed and bookmarked the video, but that it requires a special Flash plug-in to work. The plug-in contains the malware infection. "Of course, since this video is so 'cool' and 'new' we don't seem to have the correct Flash plug-in for the movie, so we are asked to update it," said Sophos Labs researcher Prashant Kumar in a blog post. "Far from watching the world's largest particle accelerator in action, we get another boring old malware. This so-called Flash update is malicious. We detect this malware as Troj/TDSS-BP." The malware writers have timed the spam campaign to coincide with last week's successful test of the Large Hadron Collider after the project was suspended 14 months ago.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 thanks very much for warning :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 i m also a computer...and i would like to say thanks to a fellow computer,i want my rights floppy :protest: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HX1 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Well then computer you have the right to be man-handled.. OBEEEEY.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Hehe, somebody may control the computer :sneaky: :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 i m a powerfull computer...i m supercomputer 8) :showoff2: :showoff: :tooth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Then you're most likely infected and are part of a botnet army of spammers :afro: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 yes i smoke..my lungs are dying,but i wll get upraded soon,for my sole purpose is spamming :ganja: :smoke: :guns: :tooth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I believe computers may some time become capable of producing a 'free will' like what we humans do(even though what we do isn't really 'free will', if you ask me). So don't underestimate AI ;) Can't really prove anything I just mentioned though, it's just a feeling, a very strong one.On-topic: it's sad there's people making use of such a thing to spread spam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 +1 dont underestimate AI :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 25, 2009 Administrator Share Posted November 25, 2009 If you have Live(or hotmail or msn) email account you can easily ban spammers. Well not that easily, but I'll write a easy tut on it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshiro Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 If you have Live(or hotmail or msn) email account you can easily ban spammers. Well not that easily, but I'll write a easy tut on it. ;)If you're getting spammed @ your Live account (or others..). Banning spammers will be a hard job, cause they don't spam with just 1 account. They do it with a lot! :fear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 26, 2009 Administrator Share Posted November 26, 2009 One by one. If we work together, we can stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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