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- yomamaisfat, on 11/07/2007, -5/+569I've seen this movie. Bruce Willis saves the day at the end. I'm not worried.
- Automotiveseo, on 11/07/2007, -12/+181Nigeria's economy will dissolve if this comes true. They rely completely on the Internet and people using Windows to fuel their primary economic resource - scam marketing.
- chris9902, on 10/26/2007, -12/+156well yeah it's more like 93% but lets not get to picky about it.
- Catbert107, on 10/26/2007, -9/+149So basically, as long as you aren't an idiot who opens every file they find, you're okay?
- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -14/+132"...reputable security professionals cite estimates of between one million and 50 million computers (infected) worldwide."
More like one million to 50 million idiots who opened the attachment. Sometimes I get the feeling that IT security firms intentionally release virus and trojans so they can stay in business. It's convenient for them to release it and pretend to be the first one to find it and fix it. - Ramble, on 10/27/2007, -14/+110So only morons are affected.
Excellent, they shouldn't be allowed internet access anyhow. - Economist35, on 10/27/2007, -7/+94I doubt that because if the company got busted it would immediately go bankrupt. The reward doesn't offset the risk. That's like a cemetery company going around killing people to get more business.
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -2/+85Speaking of which...
Click HERE for FREE ringtones! - Xabora, on 10/22/2007, -1/+77And the purpose of this storm... possibly to change all text on HP Printers to 'Insert Coin'.
- thebellmaster1x, on 10/26/2007, -5/+72Whether Linux is a good OS or not doesn't change the fact that, believe it or not, most computers today run Windows.
- ChuckIT, on 10/23/2007, -7/+74dun dun dun!
- elnerdo, on 10/23/2007, -7/+74There is no way to secure a computer against stupid people.
- robszol, on 11/07/2007, -1/+64best quote
'If it were a disease,' says one expert, Bruce Schneier, 'it would be more like syphilis, whose symptoms may be mild or disappear altogether, but which will come back years later and eat your brain.' - carterbaldwin, on 10/27/2007, -5/+68Only a matter of time before it becomes sentient!
- Dynamoo, on 10/25/2007, -1/+62Kind of contradicted by this article at PC World - http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138721-c,viruses ...
- mitchlourens, on 10/27/2007, -4/+54best analogy i've heard all day
- cakeeating, on 10/27/2007, -1/+49I see a movie script on the horizon...
- Ogopogo, on 10/23/2007, -1/+37It's highly misleading. The article doesn't mention if there is any way to secure a Windows system from Storm. The article doesn't mention any tools or techniques for a user to check if their Windows PC is already compromised. Running Windows doesn't mean your PC is automatically infected. A rather useless, scaremongering article IMHO.
- Gooie, on 10/23/2007, -18/+52Simple Solution's: Linux, OS X, Amish hood.
- inactive, on 10/23/2007, -5/+38It seems obvious to me -- they are going to use this network to download movies and MP3s directly from known MPAA/RIAA honeypots. This way, EVERYONE in America can get sued and/or go to jail, thereby wreaking havoc on the economy. Would this be like a reverse-class-action suit, where one party sues millions?
- ernasty10050, on 10/22/2007, -1/+34Nothing's happening...
- bilbus, on 10/22/2007, -4/+35"Nobody knows how big the Storm botnet has become, but reputable security professionals cite estimates of between one million and 50 million computers worldwide."
... wow this guy should be a weather man. - canthraxp, on 10/23/2007, -8/+36This is the AIDS of the internet.
- aznhomig, on 10/22/2007, -6/+33I see this virus as a virtual form of natural selection: the idiots will die out because they honestly think they can win a free iPhone for clicking on an ad and installing some "bonus software".
- delgotit99, on 10/22/2007, -3/+28Assuming your wife and kids or anyone who uses your computer isn't an idiot, than yes.
- bs0l, on 10/23/2007, -4/+29Who opens email attachments about (fake) news stories anyway?
- nullcodes, on 10/23/2007, -7/+32Wow, sensationalism at it's usualness.
- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -3/+27apparently i actualy needed to write in a "/sarcasm"
- tech42er, on 10/22/2007, -2/+26http://xkcd.com/250/
- GravitySpec, on 10/27/2007, -0/+24"WoWfan4life: stupid ass u cant hack or nuthin"
"WoWfan4life: i got norton" - 0260, on 10/22/2007, -3/+24"Is it a Russian mafia operation? An al-Qaeda scheme?" LMAO.....
- tech42er, on 10/27/2007, -0/+20He's kidding. It's not that hard to see.
- TheFinaleofSeem, on 10/22/2007, -7/+26Overhyped *****. The Storm botnet isn't that huge and the worm can be removed with antivirus. This isn't any bigger than any other botnet/virus scare.
- redwallhp, on 10/22/2007, -2/+21Or here's an idea: Why don't noobs stop running .exe's emailed to them from unknown sources? How thick can people get?
- logga0, on 10/22/2007, -4/+22It's time to call in the THUNDERCATS!
- isaactwito, on 10/27/2007, -1/+19I really want to see a digg article that infects your computer. It could easily get to the front page because all the computers on the botnet could digg it. Then we'll see who the stupid people are (and the answer is all the diggers who actually RTFA).
- RichPowers, on 10/23/2007, -7/+24If Storm is as powerful as some of these experts believe, no one can really stop it should its masters unleash it on crucial financial systems, DNS servers, etc. Then what? Wouldn't that make Windows itself a threat to global security, seeing as how easily it's been subverted by this worm?
- mitchlourens, on 10/22/2007, -4/+21switch your effected and affected and you won't be a moron
- jakem1, on 10/22/2007, -1/+17I think you've been dugg down by angry meteorologists.
- inactive, on 10/23/2007, -7/+22"There is no way to secure a computer against stupid people."
Well apple has made its entire computer business out of trying to do just that!! - inactive, on 10/22/2007, -3/+17"The article doesn't mention if there is any way to secure a Windows system from Storm"
What, like using a basic free virus scanner and not clicking on links in emails from people you don't know?
I can see how this would be beyond the abilities of a LOT of users... - senfo, on 10/23/2007, -7/+20Really, come on. The Mac smug is really annoying and you only give yourselves a bad name.
- Delta32521, on 10/22/2007, -0/+13Oh.
Well in that case, I guess it's kinda obvious: PC World is owned by the Russian Mafia! - bmartin, on 10/22/2007, -1/+13My grandmother, brother, mother, and father all use Linux; I built their computers. My sister uses Windows because she bought her own and her boyfriend provides virus/spyware removal (he does it for a living). My girlfriend and her father use Linux because their laptops do a ***** job of running XP.
My drunken bar brawling dad could kick your dad's ass. - mojoel, on 10/22/2007, -3/+15Then I fear it already too late for you.
- Professr, on 10/22/2007, -2/+13I prefer Radiation Leak
- ziffel, on 10/22/2007, -2/+13Norton *is* a virus.
- iChainsaw, on 10/22/2007, -1/+11dear god. that wasn't a photo?
- Tenetri, on 10/22/2007, -2/+12Dun dun dunnnn!!! Russian terrorist are making this storm virus?!?!?
Never mind, its a 19 year old software engineering student... You get a couple of those guys together and their bound to make a virus at least once...
then its time to study for exams... speaking of which... *studystudystudy* -
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