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Ang Lee's "Lust" Spreads Sexually Transmitted PC Virus
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 1:17 AM on November 21, 2007
People who didn't want to settle for the sanitized version of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution turned to the dirtier illegal download, and ended up in need of a shot of virtual penicillin. Chinese censors chopped about 30 minutes of the old hot-n-heavy out of the movie, increasing demand for a pirated copy showing the American cut. But hackers have replaced many copies of the film with bundles of malicious software causing everything from BSOD to password theft. It's known as Trojan.Win32.Mnless.zgw, though InfoWorld and others prefer "the Lust virus." At last count, about 15 of Lust downloads were poised to zap systems. Question: what's the downside for censors or the piracy-fearing MPAA? Answer: there is none. [InfoWorld]
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Windhawk
Posted 10:43 AM 20/11/07
I am waiting for the day when Blueray (or HD) gets its first Java-based virus pushed.
Windhawk
leicaman
Posted 10:39 AM 20/11/07
Okay, the cartoon bubble is genius! :-D
leicaman
flyboy
Posted 10:23 AM 20/11/07
isn't the executable on the site - in a gif or whatever?
flyboy
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 10:09 AM 20/11/07
Important information to be sure, but the other actual warning about downloading the movie is even better.
From cbc news.
92BuickLeSabre
pastrychef
Posted 10:02 AM 20/11/07
I don't understand how a video file can be imbedded with a trojan or a virus either... Please explain. Thanks.
pastrychef
jeffj-nj
Posted 9:51 AM 20/11/07
How can a video file inflict anything harmful? I mean, it's video, not executable. Or is there an .exe inside the same .rar as the .avi or something? Or who the hell would ever run such a thing? Forgive my ignorance, but I just don't understand.
jeffj-nj
Navin R Johnson
Posted 9:39 AM 20/11/07
What if this is the US government's retaliation for that little Chinese government hacking going on earlier?
[www.usatoday.com]
Navin R Johnson
Vizi
Posted 9:35 AM 20/11/07
Question: What's the chance that at least one of these viruses was written by someone NOT in the hacker community, but on the pay-roll of a large corporate or non-corporate entity? Answer: *disk*zj^alfb*^jmkdpfj)@tddk1g...sorry, my computer was just hacked
Vizi
otaking241
Posted 9:58 PM 20/11/07
Having seen this movie it'd be criminal to cut the sex scenes out. Yes they are hardcore, but brilliantly acted and much of the movie's character development takes place between the sheets (or on top of them, in a chair, standing, etc.) It's too bad that the only way to get the film's full impact in its country of origin is 1) illegal and 2) perilous to your PC.
otaking241