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Da Dego · 6th Nov 2006, 16:33

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/11..._gets_malware/

samkiller42 · 6th Nov 2006, 16:56

How sad, why do people do it, they must think there really hard, Shot em is what i say

Sam

DougEdey · 6th Nov 2006, 17:00

Booooo at them.

Kill them all, chop their * heads off!

DeX · 6th Nov 2006, 17:28

I'm suprised no one thought of this earlier. And to be honest I might have fallen for the link to the supposed fix if I had actually been looking info on that particular virus. If I'd received the info by email though of course I'd be suspicious.

customh · 6th Nov 2006, 18:06

teh suxx, why must people be stupid and spiteful...

Tyinsar · 6th Nov 2006, 18:31

Sadly the more secure you try to make such a thing the less attractive it becomes to the average person to contribute (though I suspect those with the most to contribute are, at least in one field, not average). Also, if someone feels they can profit from a scam the increased security only makes it more of a challenge.

DeX · 6th Nov 2006, 19:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by customh

teh suxx, why must people be stupid and spiteful...

Who is being stupid and spiteful?

DXR_13KE · 6th Nov 2006, 21:07

i hope it stays open and free.
this will make people a little more vigilant.

speedfreek · 6th Nov 2006, 21:42

I dont even trust windows update. Why would I trust a wikipedia link to an update for windows.

eddtox · 6th Nov 2006, 22:36

How sad can people get? Wikipedia is offering a useful service for free, and what do people do? They target it with malware! It just goes to show that maybe not everyone is ready and deserving of the internet. I find it revolting.

-ed out

Tile · 6th Nov 2006, 23:07

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DeX · 6th Nov 2006, 23:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddtox

How sad can people get? Wikipedia is offering a useful service for free, and what do people do? They target it with malware! It just goes to show that maybe not everyone is ready and deserving of the internet. I find it revolting.

-ed out

I don't think everyone understood what happened. Nobody pointed anybody to a malicious site out of spite or for fun. A spammer pointed victims to a malicious site via wikipedia in order to gain their trust. It's not an attack on Wikipedia! It's simply yet another way to fool people and gain access to their system.

I don't think anyone is thinking of tightening the security of wikipedia. This scam only needed to make one edit on a single page. Increasing security wouldn't make any difference unless you stopped all edits all together.

webbyman · 7th Nov 2006, 17:26

sad, sad people... it's a shame theirs nasty little runts that want to do this to such a fine and exemplar piece of the internet...

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Tyinsar 6 screens / 1 card Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: AB.CA Posts: 2,005	Sadly the more secure you try to make such a thing the less attractive it becomes to the average person to contribute (though I suspect those with the most to contribute are, at least in one field, not average). Also, if someone feels they can profit from a scam the increased security only makes it more of a challenge. __________________ It's not about how life treats you, it's about how you treat life.

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customh conflagration. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 2,590	teh suxx, why must people be stupid and spiteful...

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eddtox Supermodder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Medway Posts: 345	How sad can people get? Wikipedia is offering a useful service for free, and what do people do? They target it with malware! It just goes to show that maybe not everyone is ready and deserving of the internet. I find it revolting. -ed out

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7th Nov 2006, 17:26	#13
webbyman Hax. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Uk Posts: 2,758	sad, sad people... it's a shame theirs nasty little runts that want to do this to such a fine and exemplar piece of the internet...