Harry Potter and the worm of doom

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
A leading antivirus company warned Thursday that the Netsky worm was making a comeback on the coattails of fictional wizard Harry Potter.
Such spoofing is a popular "social engineering" technique to get recipients to open malicious files. Previous pests have disguised themselves as naked photos of actress Jennifer Lopez, match-making software and a memo from the recipient's IT administrator.
Source: News.com

Comments

  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    woohoo...

    /me clicks on email labelled "Harry Potter Nude"
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    shwaip wrote:
    woohoo...

    * shwaip clicks on email labelled "Harry Potter Nude"
    ;D;D
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    shwaip wrote:
    woohoo...

    * shwaip clicks on email labelled "Harry Potter Nude"

    You are a very, very sick man. ;D
  • shwaipshwaip bluffin' with my muffin Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    and if only to reinforce that sentiment...


    here we have harry giving what he likes to call "The Worm of Doom" to a young woman...
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