carefull where u go online

[chaoswolf]

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/10/the_storm_worm.html


man that must have taken some serious coding

[Uganja]

i wrote that virus

[Red Dragon]

makes me want to get rid of windows altogether and just run linux

[Pleb]

Whats interesting is that whoever is controlling the network isn't apparently doing anything with it except DDOSing a few anti-spam/fraud sites.

He's pretty quick responding too - http://www.disog.org/2007/09/opps-guess-i-pissed-off-storm.html

here's (http://www.secureworks.com/research/threats/storm-worm/) a quick explanation of how it spreads, and a bit about its DDOS attacks. it actually targeted a spam network :O

[Dymond]

That was an interesting article.. and no Jay I wrote that virus..

[the squid of despair]

I just realised we've all been getting the storm worm as we foolishly click on that interesting article link...

[chaoswolf]

I just realised we've all been getting the storm worm as we foolishly click on that interesting article link...

LOL, yea but really thats how it seems to spread, kinda scary.