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MSM PCs under attack - CNN, NYT, ABCNEWS - It's not Zotob; spreading fast! Update virus defs NOW!
CNN ^ | August 16, 2005

Posted on 08/16/2005 2:39:01 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War

Edited on 08/16/2005 3:06:59 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

UPDATE: MSM PCs under attack - CNN, NYT, ABCNEWS - It's not Zotob; spreading fast! Update virus defs NOW!

Live on CNN right now ... Most PCs running Win2000 or older are now dead at MSM locations all over NYC, as well as some PCs at CNN Atlanta, and it's spreading.

Suspecting Zotob, but not 100% certain.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Technical
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To: onyx

I just realized: the text crawl on CNN & HN are both gone! I guess they're victims of this, too...


81 posted on 08/16/2005 3:04:44 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: cmsgop

Because it's about them?


82 posted on 08/16/2005 3:04:45 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Lancey Howard
Somebody even recommended that it might be a good idea for everybody with Windows to just "turn off their computers and take a break for awhile",

Like heck am I giving up my freeping.

83 posted on 08/16/2005 3:05:08 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Howlin

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!


84 posted on 08/16/2005 3:05:24 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
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To: cmsgop
Why is this story soooo big? I don't get it?

Because the breathless and frantic reporters on CNN say it is?

85 posted on 08/16/2005 3:05:30 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Dont Mention the War
OOOOOOOOOOOOO leary...I just come from watching WAR OF THE WORLDS!! It's an invasion I tell you!! The Martians are coming to get us, uhhhh, uhhh....................TIN FOIL TIME! ;O)
86 posted on 08/16/2005 3:05:36 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Howlin

I would strongly advise that people upgrade their definitions now in any event.


87 posted on 08/16/2005 3:05:52 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: mhking

Really? LMAO!!!!!!!


88 posted on 08/16/2005 3:06:01 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
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To: mhking
Right! No scroll. Wolf is visibly upset.
89 posted on 08/16/2005 3:06:01 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: onyx

Did he stamp his foot.


90 posted on 08/16/2005 3:06:43 PM PDT by Dog
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To: onyx
Right! No scroll. Wolf is visibly upset.

He probably lost his TelePrompter.

91 posted on 08/16/2005 3:07:15 PM PDT by LexBaird (tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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To: Dont Mention the War

Update virus defs?

Why?


92 posted on 08/16/2005 3:07:21 PM PDT by mercy (never again a patsy for Bill Gates - spyware and viri free for over TWO YEARS now)
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To: Howlin

Win2K SP4.


93 posted on 08/16/2005 3:07:23 PM PDT by aliquis
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To: Darksheare

I just updated mine 'puter...I have that lemon operating system, you know, "ME"....


94 posted on 08/16/2005 3:07:54 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Dog

LOL! Maybe...can't see under his table...lol... but he looks quite worried.


95 posted on 08/16/2005 3:08:23 PM PDT by onyx (North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: Dont Mention the War

thanks for posting this.


96 posted on 08/16/2005 3:08:28 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: cmsgop

Because they're useless without their laptops in front of them.

It's almost worth watching, for the laughs.


97 posted on 08/16/2005 3:08:40 PM PDT by nairBResal
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To: mhking

TREND MICRO: THIS IS NOT ZOTOB, IT'S A DIFFERENT (AND WORSE) WORM! ALL WINDOWS USERS, UPDATE YOUR VIRUS DEFS NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHAT VERSION OF WINDOWS YOU RUN!{Those of us on Mac OS X will just sit quietly in the corner. Hee hee.)


98 posted on 08/16/2005 3:08:54 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War (John Bolton for White House Press Secretary!)
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To: Dont Mention the War; mhking
Actual quote from CNN "Computer expert" just now: "It's a worldwide world out there!"
99 posted on 08/16/2005 3:09:10 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Dont Mention the War
My AVG anti-virus (FREE!) has updated three times in the past 24 hours and scanned my drives twice.

Not bad for a freebie!

I stopped two seperate direct intrusion attempts from a server in central communist china yesterday trying to insert a key logger trojan.

The Code-Red virus was also a communist chinese cyber attack that began in earnest in the middle of August 2001 and peaked the morning of September 11, 2001 when it suddenly stopped.

Then a passenger jet slammed into the first trade center tower in NYC .....
100 posted on 08/16/2005 3:09:12 PM PDT by hombre_sincero
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