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The sure way to seduce PC users

Well, it seems that a sure way to get people to click on your malware package is to promise lots of sex. Greed is another way but sex is still the number one sucker bait. ZDNet describes the latest outbreak, the “Kama Sutra” worm.

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2 Responses to “The sure way to seduce PC users”

  1. joelmay Says:
    January 25th, 2006 at 3:21 pm

    Hi Vic:

    Did you know that today is the 20th anniversary of the world’s first virus - Brain? (see http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/brain.shtml)

  2. Vic Says:
    January 25th, 2006 at 4:13 pm

    An interesting piece of computing history. Thanks, Joel.