I agree, to a point. Right now there IS a vast network of zombies being used to send spam. If the virus writers sell or give access to spammers, they could be giving access to anyone and these compromised computers could be used just as easily to launch DDOS attack on infrastructure as they can to send spam. If this story can encourage my users, and others, to put the equivalent of plastic and duct tape on their PCs by making sure they have updated virus software, patched Windows, put at least a simple router between their computer and high speed connection, run spyware scans, disabled file sharing and so on, then I will forward it along. It may be a bit alarmist, but it may get them to take the reasonable precautions that they should be taking anyway to keep their computers operational and reduce the risk that they will be compromised for any purpose.
I'll leave the real plastic, duct tape and so on to those who think it will help.... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.Virus] Bitdefender claims terror ties to virus I think it's just another individual with antisocial personality disorder (http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-pe04.html) who will say or do anything in order to illicit a critical response from us. These guys love it when you draw the connection between them and terrorism and warn your users about the dangers of their code. If real terrorists wanted to be doing us harm, they wouldn't be futzing around with a dime-a-dozen viruses, they would be building networks of zombies for powerful and extended DDOS attacks on infrastructure. Such tactics have already been done by a 16 year old circa 2001, so this may be beneath them. Real terrorists don't strive to become just simply a nuisance, but mentally ill social misfits will take whatever they can get. I however won't put it past some of these guys doing it just for fun. I think it's best to put the plastic sheets and duct tape away for the time being :) Matt marc catuogno wrote: >What do you guys think of this? > >http://antivirus.about.com/od/virusdescriptions/a/atakb.htm > >I've forwarded it to all my users, maybe they will take their computer >security more seriously. > >Marc > > > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > >--- >This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and >type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ ===================================================== --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
