Stealth Program Hijacks PCs to Send Porn Ads

[carrot red]

San Francisco (Reuters) - Close to 2,000 Windows-based PCs with high-speed Internet connections have been hijacked by a stealth program and are being used to send ads for pornography, computer security experts said on Friday.
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This was out an hour ago.

The Russian mafia strikes again.
But I mean who doesn't have a firewall or an anti-virus program?

[Tsukuru]

Originally posted by carrot red
But I mean who doesn't have a firewall or an anti-virus program? I agree. Perhaps anyone that has a high speed internet connection, always connected to the internet, and doesn't have any sort of firewall shouldn't be surprised that they're computer is being hijacked.

[Foxx]

Yikes. And I don't even live 30 miles from San Francisco. I might have to check into this, it could be trouble.

[Dechipher]

Hey now I have a new excuse,

"No seriously, mom, I didn't go there...the, uh, computer got hijacked while I was changing."

I swear

[DeathLink]

Originally posted by carrot red
But I mean who doesn't have a firewall or an anti-virus program?
ME!!!! but i dont have High speed 'net. i might have a FW but i dont care....

[TheGeepster]

:sigh: Is society doomed? Have we sunk so low? I guess at least some people have..