Heads Up On The Talking Virus Worm - "Listen & Smile" - GoFuckYourself.com

KRL · 10-26-2004, 10:50 PM

Meanwhile, the hacker community was busy creating new and innovative worms, including one that talks. The Amus worm uses the Windows Speech Engine, embedded on Windows XP, to play the following message:

"How are you. I am back. My name is Mr. Hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must come to Turkey. I am cleaning your computer. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. Gule gule."

"Gule gule" means "bye-bye" in Turkish.

The worm, which runs after the Windows XP boot-up music has played, also deletes certain files, causing Windows to fail. It spreads automatically via an e-mail titled "Listen and Smile" and alters home-page settings in Internet Explorer.

datatank · 10-26-2004, 10:52 PM

Any idea what it sets your home page to?
I have a friend who has some adware/virus problem that sets ie home page to some porn site with no location bars.

LiveDose · 10-26-2004, 10:52 PM

demented losers.

KRL · 10-27-2004, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by datatank
Any idea what it sets your home page to?
I have a friend who has some adware/virus problem that sets ie home page to some porn site with no location bars.

No I was just reading about it in an article.

I could see a lot of people being duped into clicking an audio link. That's a clever way to load stuff. Makes you paranoid to click anything.

SleazyDream · 10-27-2004, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KRL
No I was just reading about it in an article.

I could see a lot of people being duped into clicking an audio link. That's a clever way to load stuff. Makes you paranoid to click anything.

you mean you weren't already?

10-26-2004, 10:50 PM	#1
KRL Entrepreneur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: USA Posts: 31,429	Heads Up On The Talking Virus Worm - "Listen & Smile" Meanwhile, the hacker community was busy creating new and innovative worms, including one that talks. The Amus worm uses the Windows Speech Engine, embedded on Windows XP, to play the following message: "How are you. I am back. My name is Mr. Hamsi. I am seeing you. Haaaaaaaa. You must come to Turkey. I am cleaning your computer. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 0. Gule gule." "Gule gule" means "bye-bye" in Turkish. The worm, which runs after the Windows XP boot-up music has played, also deletes certain files, causing Windows to fail. It spreads automatically via an e-mail titled "Listen and Smile" and alters home-page settings in Internet Explorer. __________________ If you would like to develop your domains, you can lease inexpensive foreign labor from the leaders in the field at iWebmasters.com TO LOWER YOUR COSTS AND INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTION! * * * * * * * * * * * * Domains Adult News KRL's Newsletter Biz Tips Just Listed Domains

10-26-2004, 10:52 PM	#2
datatank Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: My dog is blacker than Tupac Posts: 5,471	Any idea what it sets your home page to? I have a friend who has some adware/virus problem that sets ie home page to some porn site with no location bars.

10-26-2004, 10:52 PM	#3
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