Flame virus set to spread like wildfire

[Kevin Cozens]

On 12-05-30 08:03 AM, Stephen wrote:
> Excerpt:
>
> It is perhaps the most sophisticated piece of malicious software ever
> designed – a digital surveillance device so complex it ran on sensitive
> government computer networks for years, undetected.

The virus has been around for years and only now is it going to spread like 
wildfire?? I see these types of messages now and then. I tend to ignore them 
for two reasons. One, I rarely run Windows. Two, they smack of being little 
more than generators of FUD.

People will pass along information in the interest of letting their friends 
know of a threat that could affect them without knowing if their is any 
validity to the threat. There was a time when virus alert notices were being 
circulated when the virus the alert reported on didn't exist.

For newspapers, there is no news like "bad" news. In this case, bad takes on 
several meanings. It's bad news, but also a bad effort as it is lacking in 
hard information (which operating system(s) could be affected, who might be 
impacted by this, how it will suddenly start spreading after it's been 
around so long).

These things pop up now and then. Always good news for makers of anti-virus 
programs to get people to panic and make sure their anti-virus program 
subscriptions are up to date, or that its time to buy an anti-virus program.

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