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?
Originally posted by carrot redI 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.
But I mean who doesn't have a firewall or an anti-virus program?
Yikes. And I don't even live 30 miles from San Francisco. I might have to check into this, it could be trouble.
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
Originally posted by carrot red
But I mean who doesn't have a firewall or an anti-virus program?
:sigh: Is society doomed? Have we sunk so low? I guess at least some people have..