Well that's a new trick

[Bluuuue Rajah]

I just tried to download Darlele Love's excellent Christmas song, "All
Alone This Christmas," with Limewire, and was surprised when it tried to
install a virus on my PC. Normally I'm quite adept at distinguishing the
thinl disguised viri from the useful content, but this time the malware
designers fooled me. They managed to make the file lok like it had the
correct length for a three minute pop song, and they managed to translate
my search string "nobody alone christmas" into "Darlene Love - All Alone
This Chritsmas." I wonder how they did that, and what I should do (besides
the obvious of keeping my AV s/w current) to identify the disguised
viruses, when I'm downloading with P2P music.

 

[Herman Jurjus]

I just tried to download Darlele Love's excellent Christmas song, "All
Alone This Christmas," with Limewire, and was surprised when it tried to
install a virus on my PC. Normally I'm quite adept at distinguishing the
thinl disguised viri from the useful content, but this time the malware
designers fooled me. They managed to make the file lok like it had the
correct length for a three minute pop song, and they managed to translate
my search string "nobody alone christmas" into "Darlene Love - All Alone
This Chritsmas." I wonder how they did that, and what I should do (besides
the obvious of keeping my AV s/w current) to identify the disguised
viruses, when I'm downloading with P2P music.

Would you be so kind to remove 'sci.math' for posts like this?
Thank you!

 

[Bruce Hagen]

LimeWire is loaded with that crap these days. I would stay away
period.Search for uTorrent. It is much safer.

 

[richard]

I just tried to download Darlele Love's excellent Christmas song, "All
Alone This Christmas," with Limewire, and was surprised when it tried to
install a virus on my PC. Normally I'm quite adept at distinguishing the
thinl disguised viri from the useful content, but this time the malware
designers fooled me. They managed to make the file lok like it had the
correct length for a three minute pop song, and they managed to translate
my search string "nobody alone christmas" into "Darlene Love - All Alone
This Chritsmas." I wonder how they did that, and what I should do (besides
the obvious of keeping my AV s/w current) to identify the disguised
viruses, when I'm downloading with P2P music.

Limewire apparently uses a search enging similar to google.
In which any word in the search string is matched, not just the
phrase. so it found a match for "alone christmas". you probably didn't
look closely at the listing.


When I have done p2p and got plenty of hits, I usually sort the list
by artist.

So why go to limewire?
I found the tune on youtube with no problem.

now rip the mp3 and no virus.

 

[smlunatick]

I just tried to download Darlele Love's excellent Christmas song, "All
Alone This Christmas," with Limewire, and was surprised when it tried to
install a virus on my PC.  Normally I'm quite adept at distinguishing the
thinl disguised viri from the useful content, but this time the malware
designers fooled me.  They managed to make the file lok like it had the
correct length for a three minute pop song, and they managed to translate
my search string "nobody alone christmas" into "Darlene Love - All Alone
This Chritsmas."  I wonder how they did that, and what I should do (besides
the obvious of keeping my AV s/w current) to identify the disguised
viruses, when I'm downloading with P2P music.

It has been widely published, on the news, that a lot of P2P networks
are riddled with viruses. Some even "pushed" by the RIAA in hopes of
getting back the details of those who share copyright materials so
they can go after them in the courts.

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

It has been widely published, on the news, that a lot of P2P networks
are riddled with viruses. Some even "pushed" by the RIAA in hopes of
getting back the details of those who share copyright materials so
they can go after them in the courts.

If that's the case, they've opened themselves up to jail time, and it
just reinforces everybody's opionion that the RIAA are a bunch of
criminals who were stealing from us, before P2P came along and allowed
us to return the favor.

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

Limewire apparently uses a search enging similar to google.
In which any word in the search string is matched, not just the
phrase. so it found a match for "alone christmas". you probably didn't
look closely at the listing.

Apparently you didn't look closely at my post, because I addressed this
issue.

When I have done p2p and got plenty of hits, I usually sort the list
by artist.

So why go to limewire?
I found the tune on youtube with no problem.

now rip the mp3 and no virus.

Since when does Youtube post naked audio, with no attached video track?

 

[richard]

Apparently you didn't look closely at my post, because I addressed this
issue.


Since when does Youtube post naked audio, with no attached video track?

Suggest then you head on over to www.youtubecatcher.com and find out
how easy it is to do.

 

[Mick Murphy]

If you want to use peer-to-peer file stealing, you deserve all you get.

 

[PerfectReign]

I just tried to download Darlele Love's excellent Christmas song, "All
Alone This Christmas," with Limewire, and was surprised when it tried to
install a virus on my PC.

What's a virus?

 

[The Daring Dufas]

What's a virus?

It's a walrus that's vying for attention.

TDD

 

[Rev Turd Fredericks]

What's a virus?

I was going to ask the same thing

 

[Sjouke Burry]

I was going to ask the same thing

If you have to ask, the answer will not teach you anything

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

What's a virus?

Cervical cancer. ;(

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

The correct title is All Alone ON Christmas. If you look at
www.binsearch.info you would find it in several newsgroups in
excellent condition
http://www.binsearch.info/?q=all+alone+on+christmas&max=25&adv_age=99 &s
erver=

I got it. All I had to do was uninstall and reinstall.

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

And the file that was infected, what extension did it have?
You didn't check that did you, it was probably .exe or it was
a zip file.
And in what way did "They managed to make the file lok like it
had the correct length for a three minute pop song"
Do you mean the file size?
In what way are you "adept at distinguishing" malware, are you
a functioning fully updated firewall?

And "Alone this Christmas" by Darlele Love is shit.

What's the matter with you?

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

Bluuuue Rajah allegedly gouged the following in alt.2600:

Yeah, like that's really gonna happen, just like all the Sony head
honchos are doing jail time (NOT) for installing root kits on millions
of unsuspecting users boxes.

They never did that.

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

It has been widely published, on the news, that a lot of P2P networks
are riddled with viruses. Some even "pushed" by the RIAA in hopes of
getting back the details of those who share copyright materials so
they can go after them in the courts.

What are the names of the infected RIAA P2P clients?

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

A pterasaur impersonating Bluuuue Rajah posted this in alt.2600:


Really!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal

You just made my original point for me. They tried to pull a fast one,
failed, and the shit hit the fan. You act as though they got away with
it.

 

[Bluuuue Rajah]

A pterasaur impersonating Bluuuue Rajah posted this in alt.2600:

Well duhh!!!! you better re-read the thread.
1. I said nobody at Sony did jail time for spreading a rootkit.CORRECT
2. You said they didn't spread a rootkit. WRONG
3. They did get away with it because the sanctions imposed were
trivial. STOP WRIGGLING and take the butthurtz like a man.

Go **** yourself.