Sobig.F Worm Believed to Start at Web Porn Site

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer security experts thwarted an attack by computer worm Sobig.F on Friday just as the FBI subpoenaed an Arizona Internet service provider in order to trace the fast-spreading virus experts believe was first posted on an adult-oriented Web site.

One expert said the Sobig.F e-mail virus was disguised so that anyone who clicked on a link purporting to show a sexually graphic picture became infected with the self-replicating worm, which then spread itself to other e-mail addresses.

"Sobig.F was first posted to a porn Usenet group," said Jimmy Kuo, research fellow at anti-virus software maker Network Associates Inc. Usenet is a popular forum on the Internet where computer users with similar interests post and read messages.

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If the sheeple would just run their updates on a regular basis, they wouldn't get infected. And if MS would build an operating system that didn't look like swiss cheese, this wouldn't happen.

since when are usenet groups web sites?

you'll spew anything.

Oops, sorry, it was Rushblo who said that. No, it was Hanninazi. No it was Clownblower.

P*n*s?

afterall, the worm was called Sobig.F

dp

OMG......give me a break here!

Um...if M$ made an honest buck from dependable software ( they have billions to buy the best of the best), then the 'sheeple' would be safe and the Internet sound...
There are alternatives...

all of this would go away!

I believe A$$kroft is behind all of this mess. I freely admit to being a conspiracy theorist, and, I truly believe the AG is the 'Devil in the details' in all of this computer madness and mayhem.

:tinfoilhat:

they wouldn't have to worry about this crap.

because if more people bought Macs, more virus makers would make Mac specific viruses. Be thankful your Mac is so unpopular.

Check any right wing website to confirm this. :)