Idiots among us

[Antti Piirainen]

Al Powell wrote:

> The biggest thing that stands between these clowns and success in spreading
> viruses is that they consistently manage to mis-pell or mis-use simple words
> in their pathetic messages. It's unlikely to fool anyone with better than a
> fifth grade education.

Al, you have to remember that viruses (virii? :) are not something 
reserved for Americans only. A good deal of them are written outside the 
U.S, and judging by the reports, especially in the former east block 
countries. English is anything but their native tonque - though it 
wouldn't guarantee being able to write it properly.

That doesn't mean I like these pieces of malicious code any more than 
you do. ;)

This latest worm is being spread pretty well. I have received warnings 
from a number of parties already, the most recent being from DynDNS:

"The latest variants of the W32/Bagle worm have been reported to send
messages that can claim to be from "The Dyndns.org Team" (or other
variations including our other domain names) and indicate that your 
e-mail account will be disabled for improper conduct, spam, or other 
reasons."

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Antti Piirainen
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