Windows Vista tool targeted by virus writers

Published on August 4, 2005 By 47songs In WinCustomize News

And so it begins!!

"Security experts are warning of a possible scripting virus 'outbreak' when the OS formerly known as Longhorn finally ships."

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kona0197

on Aug 04, 2005

Ironic...

Excalpius

on Aug 04, 2005

Uh, this is all vulnerabilities regarding the command shell MONAD. The only reason the article writer includes Vista in the title is to get you to read it this badly conceived hype piece. MONAD is available now, in beta, for Windows XP, etc. so there is no connection to Vista per se.

So this is essentially a troll/misleading posting based on a troll/misleading article.

Sigh.

Excalpius

on Aug 04, 2005

Ironic...

How? Or are you just flaming the troll here?

Bichur

on Aug 04, 2005

47songs

on Aug 04, 2005

Who're you calling a troll?

I didn't post that arbitrarily. I read the article and felt it was interesting enough to post for commentary.

kona0197

on Aug 04, 2005

How? Or are you just flaming the troll here?

No I'm not egging anyone on. Far from it. I just think it's ironic or sad that virus writers are already going after Vista or MONAD that's all. You would think there are better things to do then wrote virus codes.

Mnelson

on Aug 04, 2005

Erm....and that's some big deal? Come on! I've had XP since 2002, with a simple AV (and wise internet-surfing), you're more then well-off enough. So really I don't see what the big deal was. Now please, someone correct me if I'm wrong (as I often seem to be, haha). Also Kona, I second that!

o0SHUUMI0o

on Aug 04, 2005

I dont see why these piss-ant peopel do this to begin with....hacking is one thing, it to gain info or any of many purposes....viruses only destroy with no useful gain to anyone..... I hope the law really gets tough on these people....and finds them

Apocalypse_67

on Aug 04, 2005

So this is essentially a troll/misleading posting based on a troll/misleading article.

I really don't see the 'troll/misleading' factor anywhere on this post, as a matter of fact I think is a good article to read. Whether MS includes MONAD with Vista or as an add-on tool, it is interesting to know that in the long run it can be the cause of a few problems.
Your comment, Excalpius, is way off base.

Excalpius

on Aug 04, 2005

Your comment, Excalpius, is way off base.

Really? How about if this was about ANY operating system and someone released a BETA of an entirely SEPARATE product. Shouldn't the TITLE of the article be about the problem in the PRODUCT, and not about the potential future beta operating system? That is the generic case of this, so that you might understand the problem as I saw it.

I took the article writer to task for creating FUD.
I took the POSTER to task for the spreading of FUD.
The title of the article and the post are both FUD.

Excalpius

on Aug 04, 2005

If your point is that I should have said "FUD" instead of "Troll" then that may be valid. But as I see it, anyone who deliberately spreads FUD is probably trolling. That may or may not fit your definition.

WE, as the readers of these articles, and the posters of them on sites like this need to take some responsibility for the dissemination of information here. In my opinion, this article was parrotted without critical consideration by the poster, as his title is misinformation regarding the content of the article and therefore his post.

If he had posted a title such as "Potential Vulnerabilities Found in MONAD beta", then he would have been accurately reflecting the true nature of the story. ZDNet is about MAKING MONEY, not informing anyone about anything. If you don't read their articles, they don't get the ad revenue. So they will title the article anything they can to get you to read it. Since they refuse to title these stories accurately, how are we to know if this is a really useful article to read? After all, by putting Vista in the title, we all read it. How many of us would have read it if it didn't and only mentioned Monad? Clearly, only those ten people using Monad. They make no money that way. So, don't help them spread FUD. Call them on it. I do.

If you post, post accurately. Don't just be a parrot. That's just my OPINION and my two cents. I don't mean to slight the poster personally. I'm sure he/she had the best of intentions. But it did serve as a perfect example of the kind of FUD spreading that "technology sites" seems have turned into these days, so I pointed it out. Hopefully, no one took this personally. My apologies if you did.

PurrBall

on Aug 04, 2005

Please, don't go off topic.

Bichur

on Aug 04, 2005

and quit stereotyping trolls

Jafo

on Aug 04, 2005

WC News is vetted for approval....it's up to the site Admins to determine whether a topic is suitable. If anyone considers it 'FUD'...that's fine....but determining 'trollish behaviour' is up to the admins...

starkers

on Aug 04, 2005

The sad thing here is that these virus writers intent is to cause harm and distress....worse still that total strangers to them are adversely affected, meaning there's not even the element of revenge, say, to at least give it some meaning or reason. It's such a senseless act and virus writers should be castrated with a butter knife....ouch, and deservedly so.

I'm not normally one for violent reprisals, but these parasites make my blood boil

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