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    Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC

    Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks

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    Image of Spoony Bard Spoony Bard
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    A few people have already said it, but I'll say it again. When someone puts themselves out there for the world to see, that's one thing. But anyone who has watched Erin Andrews knows that she typically dresses conservatively while she's broadcasting, she doesn't try to "use" her sexuality onscreen. This is a violation of her privacy, no 2 ways about it.

    This is very, very sad. If someone gets a trojan horse on their computer while looking for this, they deserve it.
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    Edited by Spoony Bard at 07/22/09 1:43 PM Spoony Bard was starred Spoony Bard was unstarred
    Image of KraZy007 KraZy007
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    Hey if anyone is wondering, the girl in the picture is Shawna Hyatt.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    anything that dont play in VLC goes in the trash. any torrent that's split into rar files is left undownloaded. that's just the way it has to be.
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    Image of Kakkoister Kakkoister
    07/22/09

    @nutbastard: Uhh, the part about split into RAR's is ridiculous, since most releases are packed into RAR's. Especially on private torrent sites to help prevent outside users from leeching.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    07/22/09

    @nutbastard: You do realize that scene rules dictate things are split into rars right?
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/22/09

    @something_unique_and_descripti...:

    "scene rules"? explain.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/22/09

    @Kakkoister:

    i *rarely* even SEE rar'd torrents. whatever the reason, if i can't see what's in the torrent, me no downloady.
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    Image of KLanD KLanD
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    I call Shenanigans.. Everyone knows Macs can't get virus'.. at least that's what Justin Long tells me.
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    Purple Monkey Dishwasher promoted this comment KLanD was starred KLanD was unstarred
    Image of chucklebuck chucklebuck
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    Honestly, whoever gets this virus deserves it. This is not some no talent celebrity who filmed her own tape and had it somehow "leaked", this is a female reporter whose privacy was seriously violated by some scumbag because she happens to be pretty. I mean look, Gizmodo has pretty reporters too, and I'm sure they'd be a tad upset if this happened to them.

    My stance - celebs who leak their own tapes are fair game for downloaders. Women who thought they were showering/changing in private while being filmed by some asshole who drilled a hole in their wall should have their privacy respected as though that tape never existed.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    this is why you practice safe search, gentlemen.
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    Edited by Nick at 07/22/09 3:13 AM Nick was starred Nick was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    bahhh, i still can't find the damn thing.
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    Image of pdparticle pdparticle
    07/22/09

    @Nick: My island name is Nicko: lol post a link if u find it xD
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/22/09

    @pdparticle: found it, but being that the video is illegally captured i think Giz will get mad if i post it. also, it will probably be gone by the time you click it. i will share this much, though -- do a youtube search for "erin andrews peephole" and find the video uploaded from user "whitepet" or something like that. and this site "http://vixy.net/" will do an online conversion of the youtube video and then allow you to download it.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/22/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    Love it.

    On Deadspin you'd think this was the most important news story of the 20th Century with an impact that will be felt across the blogosphere for years.

    Gizmodo? "Something somebody. If you do stupid sh*t on a computer you'll probably f*ck something up. Blah Blah Blah."
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    07/22/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Following some of the commentariat at Deadspin, they are a little tired of the coverage and "fallout" too.
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    07/21/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    What I find interesting is that, judging by what I could see in the news clip, it looks like the camera was hand held. It pans and is shaky.
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    Image of DeadRinger DeadRinger
    07/21/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    What no way Macs cant get a virus!
    lol
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    SysRq promoted this comment DeadRinger was starred DeadRinger was unstarred
    Image of SysRq SysRq
    07/21/09

    @DeadRinger: There's a profound difference between infecting one's own computer with a trojan and having a virus break in uninvited, like what happened to my dad's Dell about a year ago. We both bought Macs and, by refraining from such...um...tempting material such as this, we have remained virus free.
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    Image of TheWerewolf - Sotto voce TheWerewolf - Sotto voce
    07/21/09

    @SysRq: Is there really any difference in the end? It's like saying getting HIV by transfusion is somehow a bit better than getting it from unprotected sex.

    And as for Windows, if you have almost any anti-virus software (and there are quite a number very good free ones out there) you're pretty much at the same point: don't do something stupid and you'll be ok.
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    Image of emag emag
    07/22/09

    @SysRq: Break in univited? Would you care to provide details?

    There hasn't been a real Windows virus (i.e., not counting trojans purposefully installed by a moronic user or machines with Windows Update disabled by a moronic user) since what, 2003?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/21/09

    In reply to Beware: Naked Erin Andrews Video May Be Trojan Horse for Mac and PC
    What kind of sick world are we living in when something sexual in nature can potentially give us a virus?
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    04/18/09

    In reply to Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
    But macs only "do what you want" while being "cool" [i.gizmodo.com] . Obviously this botnet can't exist.
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    Image of jhenley01 jhenley01
    04/18/09

    @ZLevee: You would be correct in that statement. If you are downloading software from torrent sites which can be downloaded for free at Apple.com and then granting them root access you are wanting a Trojan.
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    04/20/09

    @jhenley01: Um, your logic is no different than the reponse of every PC user whenever an Apple fanboy takes a shot at PC "vulnerabilities".
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    Image of MINI Driver MINI Driver
    04/17/09

    In reply to Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
    Before the Windows drones get themselves into a lather - it's not a virus.


    It's a Trojan horse.


    i.e. - someone buried their software inside illegal ripped copies of iWork, which people then illegally downloaded, not knowing that they were in fact running extra botnet software as a free feature!


    Not that this simple statement of fact will stop the Drone hoards from getting into a frenzy....

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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    04/17/09

    And yet when they target windows they're called viruses...
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    Image of MINI Driver MINI Driver
    04/17/09

    @jepzilla: No, a Trojan Horse is not a virus, PC or Mac.


    You have to proactively download the Trojan Horse software, then do a full install of the software, putting in your ADMIN password, before the botnet software can execute.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/18/09

    @MINI Driver: God damn you're predictable.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    In reply to Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
    Look, apparently what these people did was download what was fraudulently presented as Apple trial software and they were doing it through, fergawdzake, a torrent site. I mean, how dim does your bulb have to be for you to think you should download APPLE software, especially TRIAL software, from a TORRENT site rather than just get it from Apple?


    You can read more about it in this Macworld article.

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    Image of blash blash
    04/17/09

    In reply to Symantec Finds First Mac Botnet, Already Launching DDoS Attacks
    Be careful when you pirate stuff? More like be careful running ANY computer without anti-virus software, Macs especially.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/18/09

    @blash: I don't know about "Macs especially" but definitely "Macs included".
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