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2013-10-28 Science & Technology

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Posted by KBK 2013-10-28 11:53|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Nothing on Kaspersky's website about this virus; FWIW I'm running Kaspersky Pure 3.0.

Posted by Raj 2013-10-28 15:28|| 2013-10-28 15:28|| Front Page Top

#2 You would think the FBI or someone would be able to track these people down and give them really long sentences.

Posted by CrazyFool 2013-10-28 16:36|| 2013-10-28 16:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Not near as bad as the Momma Cass virili. That bitch left my PS/2 Model 70 HD stained with mustard.

Posted by Shipman 2013-10-28 17:21|| 2013-10-28 17:21|| Front Page Top

#4 With Windows' hidden extensions feature, the sender simply adds ".pdf" to the end of the file (Windows hides the .exe) and the unwitting user is fooled into thinking the attachment is a harmless PDF file from a trusted sender.

I always hated Microsoft's default behavior of hiding file extensions.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-10-28 18:46|| 2013-10-28 18:46|| Front Page Top

#5 You have to love Avast.

Posted by linker 2013-10-28 19:42|| 2013-10-28 19:42|| Front Page Top

#6 You would think the FBI or someone would be able to track these people down and give them really long sentences.
Unless they ARE the FBI.

Posted by Glenmore 2013-10-28 20:56|| 2013-10-28 20:56|| Front Page Top

#7 They're more probably the NSA, Glenmore. :-(

Posted by Barbara 2013-10-28 21:18|| 2013-10-28 21:18|| Front Page Top

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