Filed under: Internet, Windows, VoIP
Skype worm spreading quickly
by Ted Wallingford Sep 12th 2007 at 4:00PM
If your'e a Skype user, be aware that a worm is spreading across the Skype network. The worm sends you a short chat message from a buddy's Skype client, asking you to open a malicious file, ostensibly sent to you by your buddy. They're calling this trojan "Ramex" or "Skipi", and, at least as of last night, Symantec and F-Secure both contain updates for their anti-virus software to block it, so update your virus definitions. In the meantime, a little bit of vigilance goes a long way. So far, it appears Mac and Linux users aren't affected.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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aergha said 9:22PM on 9-12-2007
A worm that doesn't affect the Mac? Gee.
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