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Worms gonna turn... #

By Andrew Herron Posted Thursday 24th May 2007 19:04 GMT

Hmmmm... wonder if this little bugger can infect Kubuntu? No it can't... another good moment to leave the clutches of Redmond I think ;-)

lazy reporting #

By Steve Graham Posted Thursday 24th May 2007 19:43 GMT

Yes, can you please mention "this affects Windows users" or something. It's not an issue for Mac or Linux or other systems.

You know most will click the link :S #

By Cordel Posted Thursday 24th May 2007 20:15 GMT

I had just seen a study done where a web site was setup with a link named "download virus here" I wish I could find the post but was sad to see how many people actualy clicked the link. Of course, there was no real virus used in the study.

No, its not #

By Doug Bird Posted Thursday 24th May 2007 20:21 GMT

Why would a pif file infect non-windows machines?

duhh. teh reg #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 25th May 2007 00:22 GMT

http://www.theregister.com/2007/05/17/spoof_malware_campaign/

Why would you assume... #

By Ed Posted Friday 25th May 2007 00:25 GMT

that most people would know what a .pif file is? Its not as if its a file format that people come across frequently...

This was predicted... #

By Andre Fucs Posted Friday 25th May 2007 10:41 GMT

Cross network worms were one of the subjects of one presentation that I did with some friends during last Blackhat Europe. I would say that's just the first evolution. If they follow the points discussed during the presentation more things are coming. :-)