+comunity+ Neuer lustiger Virus im Umlauf

[Reini Urban]

Hab das gerade in news://comp.risks  "Risks Digest 21.45" entdeckt.
Das Dummy Konzept greift doch durch. Deswegen haben sie bei Ö3 so viele
Hörer.
Wir sollten auch viel tiefer ansetzen.

Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 22:27:15 -0500
From: "Mick Topping" <mick at mtopping.com>
Subject: Inevitability of risks

Apparently the Gullibility Virus
http://bob.bob.bofh.org/~robm/manual/virus/gullibility.html
has struck more people than first realized

Remember this from several months back?

   Subject: New Minnysoota Virus.

       Sven and Ole vere here.

      Yew have yust received da Sven & Ole Computer Virus.
      Because ve don't know how to program computers, dis  virus verks
      on  da honor  system. Please delete all da files on yewr hard
drive
      manually  and forward dis message to everyvon on yewr mailing
list.

      Tank yew fer yewr kewhopeeration.

      Sven and Ole

I thought this was pretty funny, at the time, but then I saw the recent
warnings on the Hoax-Virus, like this:
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,26780,00.html It suddenly came
to
me, that someone had taken the Sven&Ole model, and improved on it, just
a
little. AND IT IS WORKING!  Apparently you don't even have to be a
script-kiddy to make an effective virus.  (Hey kid, if you put sugar in
your
dad's car's gas tank, it will run real fast...Well, Joe, if you want to
get
that charcoal started FAST, try this jar of gasoline...If you don't have
a
fuse, just stick a penny in the socket...memes?) It is not surprising
that a
few users might fall for this, but the very fact that something like
this
can find a toe-hold to spread, confirms that a big risk of technology
(ignorance) has been with us since the first tool user cut himself with
the
first sharp rock.