Got 911 Worms? Call ZoneAlarm2.1
Written: Apr 06 '00 (Updated Jul 31 '00)
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Pros: Easy to use and understand, Helpful!
Cons: Didn't find out about it sooner!
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| Schinjay's Full Review: Zone Alarm |
When there’s 911 Worms In your Neighborhood
Who ya gonna call? Call ZoneAlarm 2.1!
Well, don’t call the police…because they’re probably already on their way.
If you’ve got these worms in your network neighborhood, you’d better call for backup. Because these are mean, dirty, grimy, cheating worms. These worms will eat your hard drive. And your little dog, too!
These 911 WORMS have their faces on FBI wanted posters. And man, are they ugly!
They were first spotted in Houston, Texas. Someone there nicknamed them the “Shares” WORMS. That name is pretty good. I like mine better.
Someone unleashed these 911 WORMS through the AOL, AT&T, MCI and Netzero Internet providers, and scanned the net for computers with ports open for file and print sharing purposes. The 911 WORMS then loaded themselves onto the hard drives of these computers. Then the fun began.
Once they were nestled in, they searched for any neighborhood hard drives they could sneak into. This is apparently easy to do, because many Windows based computers leave their shared directories exposed to the Internet. When they felt they had taken over the neighborhood, they looked for their preferred weapon, a modem. When they found a modem, they dialed 911.
Now, let’s think about this a minute. This could go down in history as the first deliberate call for help, made by an invertebrate! Naaaaa!
When the 911 WORMS call home….they don’t say anything. Of course they don’t say anything. WORMS can’t talk, dummy. But in most cities, a silent 911 call usually prompts a visit by a patrol car. The police don’t want to take the chance that there is really someone, incapacitated, at that location, who actually needs some assistance.
So, what do the police find? You. And you look perfectly healthy to them. Except for the fact that you now have a computer who’s hard drive has been eaten alive by 911 WORMS. And these nasty 911 WORMS don’t just snack on the C: drive. They chomp all the way through to the H: drive, if there is one. Gluttons! And you probably have a nice $400 bill from the city for a false emergency call. Nice.
The FBI thinks this was probably started by a bunch of kids, because the language used is very basic. And the WORMS hide themselves in system folders immaturely named “choad”, “foreskin” and “dickhair”. Now, isn’t that special?
These little devils are termed WORMS, and not virus’, because they propagate and reproduce within systems without the unfortunate users doing anything at all. And not doing anything includes NOT PROTECTING THEMSELVES.
Protect yourself from 911 WORM attack by downloading a good personal firewall program. You can get the ZoneAlarm2.1 program at no cost right now at Zonelabs.com. This will close all open ports your system may be leaving open to Internet intrusion.
You can also scan your hard drives for the forementioned folders. Just make sure that your Windows Explorer is set to “show all files” in the View/Options menu. And if you find ‘em. Zap ‘em. And do it quick. Before those dirty WORMS call for help!
That's my epinion! Mahalo for stopping by!
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Member: Steve Schindler
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Steve Schindler writes his informative and humorous "Schindler's Cyber List" for epinions.com.
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