Internet Doomsday...what?

[D'Snowth]

Which I don't, so yeah...

 

[Xerus]

I wonder how all of this will affect my webcomics?

 

[Sgt Floyd]

unless you have this apparent trojan, not at all

 

[D'Snowth]

I've had problems with trojans in the past (usually from questionable ads from deviantART), but presently, all my programs: anti-malware, anti-spyware, anti-virus are all turning up clean.

 

[jvcarroll]

I have the feeling that if this were really a big deal, it would be posted on all the major news networks and not buried in an MSNBC article. It seems like a ploy to scare people into clicking the available link and buying another anti-virus software package.

 

[D'Snowth]

I have the feeling that if this were really a big deal, it would be posted on all the major news networks and not buried in an MSNBC article. It seems like a ploy to scare people into clicking the available link and buying another anti-virus software package.

That's a great possibility... it's like a lot of these advertisements you see on TV or hear on the radio, "Go to My Clean PC dot com" or "Go to Double My Speed dot com" or "Go to Finally Fast dot com for a free scan of your PC, remove any hidden viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, unwanted registry changes, and your PC will be like new again, yadda-yadda-yadda", when most, if not all, of that is just scams and actually cause MORE harm to your computer than it does help.

 

[CaseytheMuppet]

Uh, this is a bit nerve-wracking! Hopefully your theory is right, Jamie!

 

[Bannanasketch]

I'm not gonna worry about it. Probably a hoax...

 

[Sgt Floyd]

I just realized I said nbc in that one post, not msn. Oops. Hopefully you got what I meant.

I'm not worried about it either. It just took me off guard when I saw it. I was seeing if I missed something important. Guess not XD

 

[Drtooth]

My computer's okay. Phew. But I don't understand why people would want to do something like this. Maybe I'm naive, but it's mean.

Because they're LOOOOOOOOOSERS, Charlie. Complete and utter LOOOOOSERS! I mean, it's loserdom above internet trolling. To come up with the program to screw with everybody just for craps and giggles.... total freaking worthless losers.

That's a great possibility... it's like a lot of these advertisements you see on TV or hear on the radio, "Go to My Clean PC dot com" or "Go to Double My Speed dot com" or "Go to Finally Fast dot com for a free scan of your PC, remove any hidden viruses, spyware, malware, trojans, unwanted registry changes, and your PC will be like new again, yadda-yadda-yadda", when most, if not all, of that is just scams and actually cause MORE harm to your computer than it does help.

You know what sucks? When you have NO choice to click on the link and it loads automatically.

Here's something... They can clamp down on child porn (which is serious and needs to be dealt with anyway) and Copyright infringement (with a billion times more efficiency than child porn), but they run around like Keystone Cops and Pete Puma when it comes to dangerous virus hackers. We have YET to see someone punished for their virus.