Google Orkut Visited by a Worm!
Techtree News Staff
Dec 20 2007
Orkut's been invaded by a relatively harmless worm -- a worm nevertheless!
While the intruder's been reined-in now, for a while the invasion threatened to spiral out of control with some 100 additional members getting infected per minute.
The modus operandi of the worm was simple. Some Orkut users got an email informing them they'd been sent a new scrapbook entry on their profile. They had to only view the profile to get added to the group named, "Infectados pelo V rus do Orkut", which is Portuguese for 'infected by the Orkut virus'.
The worm got discussed in Google's Orkut help group, and Orkut Plus, a site that offers Orkut security tips.
It is learnt however that the worm is relatively harmless, and seems to have been perpetrated only to show how dangerous Orkut can prove, even without clicking on a malicious link.
Techtree News Staff
Dec 20 2007
Orkut's been invaded by a relatively harmless worm -- a worm nevertheless!
While the intruder's been reined-in now, for a while the invasion threatened to spiral out of control with some 100 additional members getting infected per minute.
The modus operandi of the worm was simple. Some Orkut users got an email informing them they'd been sent a new scrapbook entry on their profile. They had to only view the profile to get added to the group named, "Infectados pelo V rus do Orkut", which is Portuguese for 'infected by the Orkut virus'.
The worm got discussed in Google's Orkut help group, and Orkut Plus, a site that offers Orkut security tips.
It is learnt however that the worm is relatively harmless, and seems to have been perpetrated only to show how dangerous Orkut can prove, even without clicking on a malicious link.