From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 16:41:19 MDT
pornography and calls the police!
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:19:14 -0500
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The CyberWar that I discussed on Sunday at Extro-5 is well underway....
I just received this in my Risks Digest 21.49 today. Although I don't
approve of child pornography, I fear that this could trigger a wave of
new
spyware that tries to investigate crimes and call the police. Look for
future copycats to release worms to search for other file lists on other
topics. It is trivial to copy such a worm and edit its search list. I
now
predict drug users, closet gays, music pirates, software pirates, gang
members, tax evaders, abortion doctors, rights activists and other
political
organizations to be the next targets.
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:47:20 -0700
From: "NewsScan" <newsscan@newsscan.com>
Subject: Software "worm" searches your computer for pornography
A new computer virus called VBS.Noped.a now circulating invades computer
memories in a hunt for picture files with pornographic-sounding names
and
reports them to the police. The virus (a "worm") arrives from an unknown
source as an e-mail attachment with the subject line: "FWD: Help us ALL
to
END ILLEGAL child porn NOW." If it finds suspected pornography, it sends
a
message to the police saying: "This is Antipedo2001. I have found a PC
with
known child pornography files on the hard drive. I have included a
listing
below and included a sample for your convenience." An executive of the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has repudiated the
rogue
effort and says his group "does not support unlawful means even to
achieve
meritorious ends." [*The New York Times*, 11 Jun 2001; NewsScan Daily,
11
Jun 2001; http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/technology/11VIRU.html]
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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