Antivirus 2008

[Charlie Leo]

OK, I got caught - don't know exactly how, but the above virus
infected my machine. I think I got rid of it using AVG. But a question
remains: this virus program has instruction on how to send money for
an anti virus update. Can't the money transfer be traced? The money
goes somewhere. Granted, it may go offshore, but it can still be
traced to something.

Why don't we have strong enough laws to slow stuff like this from
spreading? (I know we will never be able to stop it). Of course, I'm
just paranoid enough to think that at least a few of the viruses could
be traced back to 'legitimate' software suppliers.

Charlie

 

[The Real Truth MVP]

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[Gaz]

OK, I got caught - don't know exactly how, but the above virus
infected my machine. I think I got rid of it using AVG. But a question
remains: this virus program has instruction on how to send money for
an anti virus update. Can't the money transfer be traced? The money
goes somewhere. Granted, it may go offshore, but it can still be
traced to something.

Why don't we have strong enough laws to slow stuff like this from
spreading? (I know we will never be able to stop it). Of course, I'm
just paranoid enough to think that at least a few of the viruses could
be traced back to 'legitimate' software suppliers.

Charlie

The newest variants are highly virulent, and the number of people falling
for the scams must be huge. All it takes is for a few governments to take
the lead, and start punishing the credit card companys for accepting the
criminally obtained funds, and facilitating fraud on a gigantic scale.

Gaz

 

[Gaz]

From: "Gaz" <[email protected]>





They are not virulent as they are NOT viruses.

Virulent can be used to describe a behaviour, and does not literally require
the presence of a virus.

Gaz

 

[ASCII]

"Virulent" has been applied metaphorically to so many things that are
not viruses that it's achieved the status of cliche. I'd avoid it when
speaking about viruses, in fact....

Would you avoid it even speaking about virii?

 

[ASCII]

From: "ASCII" <[email protected]>



| Would you avoid it even speaking about virii?

LOL

http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/plural-of-virus.html
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html

Skipping all the pseudo latin obfuscation, "virii" is a colloquialism
that derives from the lexicon of the talented coders that create them.
http://tinyurl.com/Virii
When it comes to plurals, personally I prefer 'Vulvae'.

 

[kurt wismer]

ASCII wrote:
[snip]

Skipping all the pseudo latin obfuscation, "virii" is a colloquialism
that derives from the lexicon of the talented coders that create them.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

hahahahaha...

those were few and far between... the ones who typically used that term
were dilettantes...

 

[XS11E]

When it comes to plurals, personally I prefer 'Vulvae'.

Isn't that two or more Volvos? ;-)

 

[ASCII]

ASCII wrote:


Serially or multiply?

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